Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 10 Feb 2017 18:28 UTC

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M 5 in Indonesia on 10 Feb 2017 18:28 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:	5.0M
Depth:	78.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.1755 , 123.024
Event Date:	10 Feb 2017 18:28 UTC 11 Feb 2017 02:28 Local
Exposed Population:	880000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008j12
Inserted at:	11 Feb 2017 16:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-0.8		-0.8
us20008j12	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1157017		-0.6	10 Feb 2017 18:28	5.3M, 76.08km	N/A	890 thousand (in 100km)		00:47	NEIC
1157098		-0.8	10 Feb 2017 18:28	5M, 78.9km	N/A	890 thousand (in 100km)		21:59	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 , Province of Sulawesi Tengah (population 1,832,441) . The nearest places are Padang, Majajap, Maliku, Baheesioena, Taludaa, Bilungala, and Poh.

Radius	Population
100 km	890000 people
75 km	62000 people
50 km	6800 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	1.8 million people
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	2.7 million people
Maluku	Indonesia	2 million people
Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia	7.3 million people
Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	1.5 million people
Kalimantan Timur	Indonesia	2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Padang	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Majajap	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Maliku	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Baheesioena	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Taludaa	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Bilungala	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Poh	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Jalaluddin	GTO	18	Mil.	Paved	No	5400	91 km
Bubung		17				0	98 km
Luwuk	LUW	unknown				0	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Poh		Indonesia	67 km
Gorontalo	IDGTO	Indonesia	76 km
Pangimanan		Indonesia	77 km
Luwuk	IDLUW	Indonesia	88 km

More information

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