Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 30 May 2020 13:06 UTC

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M 5.5 in Indonesia on 30 May 2020 13:06 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:	31.09 Km
Lat/Lon:	4.0182 , 126.6166
Event Date:	30 May 2020 13:06 UTC 30 May 2020 21:06 Local
Exposed Population:	210000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000a2n5
Inserted at:	31 May 2020 13:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000a2n5	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
1313271		0	30 May 2020 13:06	5.5M, 41.9km	N/A	210 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	NEIC
1313284		0	30 May 2020 13:06	5.5M, 31.09km	4.46	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:02	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 Sulawesi Utara (population 22,879) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1313271	4.046/126.608	5.5	41.9	3.909	30 May 2020 13:25	00:19	(new episode)
2	1313284	4.018/126.617	5.5	31.1	4.46	30 May 2020 14:40	01:33	(new episode)
3	1313284	4.018/126.617	5.5	31.1	4.46	30 May 2020 15:13	02:06	(upd of #2)
4	1313284	4.018/126.617	5.5	31.1	4.46	31 May 2020 13:09	1d 00:02	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	130000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kolongana	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	1 km
Tarun	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	10 km
Urung	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	13 km
Salebabu	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km
Tule	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	20 km
Tarohan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	21 km
Pulutan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	25 km
Mangarang	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Lobo	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Beo	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Damar	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Damau	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Tabang	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Esang	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Lirung		Indonesia	13 km
	Beo		Indonesia	31 km

More information

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