M 6.4 in Indonesia on 04 Jun 2020 08:49 UTC

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: 6.4M
Depth: 106.86 Km
Lat/Lon: 2.9231 , 128.2477
Event Date: 04 Jun 2020 08:49 UTC
04 Jun 2020 17:49 Local
Exposed Population: About 76000 people in MMI
120000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000a5r3
Inserted at: 05 Jun 2020 08:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000a5r3 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -1.73 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.79      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.96      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1314057 0 04 Jun 2020 08:49 6.7M, 126.9km N/A 120 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:08 PTWC
1314058 0 04 Jun 2020 08:49 6.7M, 127km N/A 130 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:09 NTWC
1314061 0 04 Jun 2020 08:49 6.4M, 106.86km 5.19 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 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 7,385) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
77000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1314061 2.923/128.248 6.4 106.9 5.191 04 Jun 2020 09:11 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1314061 2.923/128.248 6.4 106.9 5.191 04 Jun 2020 10:53 02:03 (upd of #1)
3 0 1314061 2.923/128.248 6.4 106.9 5.191 05 Jun 2020 08:53 1d 00:03 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Maluku Indonesia 7400 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Itji Sopi Maluku Utara Indonesia Village - 46 km
Sopi Maluku Utara Indonesia Village - 50 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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