Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 17 Mar 2015 22:12 UTC

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M 6.2 in Indonesia on 17 Mar 2015 22:12 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:	6.2M
Depth:	45.75 Km
Lat/Lon:	1.6576 , 126.4902
Event Date:	17 Mar 2015 22:12 UTC 18 Mar 2015 07:12 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	17 Mar 2015 23:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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
1074109	0	17 Mar 2015 22:12	6.6M, 53km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:10	NTWC
1074112	0.5	17 Mar 2015 22:12	6.6M, 41.71km	5.55	No people affected (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:20	NEIC
1074118	0	17 Mar 2015 22:12	6.2M, 45.75km	5.55	No people affected (in 100km)		01:46	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 93,838) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1074118	1.658/126.49	6.2	45.75	5.55	17 Oct 2016 10:27	579d 12:15	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Maluku	Indonesia	94000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pasirputih		Palau	Village	-	39 km
Peot	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	114 km
Tahafo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	118 km
Tolofu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	119 km
Sahu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	119 km
Kedi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	122 km
Talen	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	124 km
Toguear	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	125 km
Djailolo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	126 km
Jailolo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	126 km
Talabit	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	149 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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