Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 26 Feb 2020 07:33 UTC

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M 5.9 in Indonesia on 26 Feb 2020 07:33 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.9M
Depth:	61.16 Km
Lat/Lon:	-7.5625 , 131.1195
Event Date:	26 Feb 2020 07:33 UTC 26 Feb 2020 16:33 Local
Exposed Population:	About 14000 people in MMI About 74000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us600084gu
Inserted at:	27 Feb 2020 07:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us600084gu	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-1.73
	C2 shakemap	0.79
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.96

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1298062		0	26 Feb 2020 07:33	5.9M, 61.16km	4.93	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:08	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Indonesia ,of Maluku (population 3,545) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	14000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1298062	-7.562/131.12	5.9	61.2	4.924	26 Feb 2020 07:54	00:21	(new episode)
2	1298062	-7.562/131.12	5.9	61.2	4.924	26 Feb 2020 09:36	02:02	(upd of #1)
3	1298062	-7.562/131.12	5.9	61.2	4.928	27 Feb 2020 07:41	1d 00:08	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Maluku	Indonesia	3500 people
	Maluku	Indonesia	38000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Koreare	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	13 km
Temin	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	13 km
Wailutu	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	15 km
Bukrane	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km
Amtoefoe	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Wasleta	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Jinge	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Amdassa	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Latdalam	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Wowonda	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Aroeidas	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Batkes	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Saumlakki	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Mejanobab	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Adaut	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Tandjung Burak	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Timoer	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Saumlaki	SXK	unknown				0	50 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Saumlaki	Indonesia	51 km
Alusi	Indonesia	57 km
Adaut	Indonesia	63 km

More information

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