Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 27 Feb 2015 13:45 UTC

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M 7 in Indonesia on 27 Feb 2015 13:45 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:	7.0M
Depth:	547.01 Km
Lat/Lon:	-7.2772 , 122.5336
Event Date:	27 Feb 2015 13:45 UTC 27 Feb 2015 21:45 Local
Exposed Population:	About 6000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	27 Feb 2015 14:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake	Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0	0		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 earthquake
	Country Vulnerability
	INFORM_normalised

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1072699	0.5	27 Feb 2015 13:45	6.9M, 556km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:06	GEOFON
1072700	0.5	27 Feb 2015 13:45	6.8M, 552.6km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:14	NEIC
1072701	0.5	27 Feb 2015 13:45	6.6M, 547.38km	4.66	6 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:22	NEIC
1072702	0.5	27 Feb 2015 13:45	7M, 547.01km	5.56	7 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:36	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 Nusa Tenggara Timur (population 28,091) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	36000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1072700	-7.45/122.52	6.8	552.6	0	17 Oct 2016 10:26	597d 20:41	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	28000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tandjung Kapondai	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	80 km
Tanahbela	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	80 km
Tengahdai	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	88 km
Labao	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	89 km
Tandjung Watupajung	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	89 km
Lewobunge	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	91 km
Mata	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	95 km
Mulobahang	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	96 km
Pulao Pomana-besor	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	102 km
Riangkami	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	106 km
Adoenara	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	112 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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