M 5.5 in Indonesia on 02 Apr 2020 02:13 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: 5.5M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.9492 , 125.6581
Event Date: 02 Apr 2020 02:13 UTC
02 Apr 2020 11:13 Local
Exposed Population: 620000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70008l5g
Inserted at: 03 Apr 2020 02:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 6.6 (Timor-Leste)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Timor-Leste= 6.6; Indonesia= 4.8

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70008l5g Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.18  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1303532 0 02 Apr 2020 02:13 5.5M, 35km 4.48 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 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 50) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1303532 -7.949/125.658 5.5 35.0 5.073 02 Apr 2020 02:28 00:15 (new episode)
2 0 1303532 -7.949/125.658 5.5 35.0 5.073 02 Apr 2020 02:37 00:24 (upd of #1)
3 0 1303532 -7.949/125.658 5.5 35.0 5.529 02 Apr 2020 04:16 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1303532 -7.949/125.658 5.5 35.0 4.476 03 Apr 2020 02:16 1d 00:03 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Maluku Indonesia <1000 people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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