Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 08 Mar 2017 01:38 UTC

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M 5.6 in Indonesia on 08 Mar 2017 01:38 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:	5.6M
Depth:	65.72 Km
Lat/Lon:	2.2976 , 128.6049
Event Date:	08 Mar 2017 01:38 UTC 08 Mar 2017 10:38 Local
Exposed Population:	220000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us100087lk
Inserted at:	08 Mar 2017 02:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
us100087lk	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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
1159851		0.3	08 Mar 2017 01:38	5.6M, 65.72km	4.16	220 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 71,101) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1159851	2.298/128.605	5.6	65.72	4.16	08 Mar 2017 02:01	00:22	(new episode)
	2	0	1159851	2.298/128.605	5.6	65.72	4.16	08 Mar 2017 03:40	02:01	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Maluku	Indonesia	71000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Berebere	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	7 km
Busobuso	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	13 km
Boesoboeso	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	13 km
Misio	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Godji	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Kurago	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	25 km
Baru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Pangeo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Sopi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Hapo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Itji Sopi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Libano	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Sabatai	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Tjiu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	36 km
Daruba	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Wayabula	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Gotalalamo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Pilowo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Wayabula	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Wajabula	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Pandanga	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Posiposi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Tiapali	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Aru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Morotai Island	OTI	unknown				0	21 km
	Pitu		15	Civ.	Paved	No	9500	42 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Wayabula		Indonesia	45 km

More information

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