Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia from 21 Mar 2018 15:33 UTC to 15:33

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M 4.6 in Indonesia from 21 Mar 2018 15:33 UTC to 15:33

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:	4.6M
Depth:	33.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	2.2022 , 127.7878
Event Date:	21 Mar 2018 15:33 UTC 22 Mar 2018 00:33 Local
Exposed Population:	380000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000d72a
Inserted at:	21 Mar 2018 16:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us1000d72a	Scaled population (vector)	5.65
	C1 earthquake	1.54
	C2 earthquake	-0.64
	Country Vulnerability	0.09
	INFORM_normalised	0.96

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1203774	21 Mar 2018 15:33	5.2M, 36.91km	N/A	850 thousand (in 100km)	00:52	NEIC
1203775	21 Mar 2018 15:33	4.6M, 33.8km	N/A	390 thousand (in 100km)	00:55	NEIC
1203794	21 Mar 2018 15:33	4.6M, 39.33km	N/A	440 thousand (in 100km)	05:40	NEIC
1203796	21 Mar 2018 15:33	5.2M, 7.44km	N/A	820 thousand (in 100km)	05:46	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 , Province of Maluku (population 1,991,398) . The nearest places are Soanmaitik, Talabit, Kusuri, Pediwang, Sinjngmajehoe, Doro, Ngoali, Biang, Katana, Pasilulu, and Ekor.

Radius	Population
100 km	850000 people
75 km	520000 people
50 km	390000 people
20 km	77000 people
10 km	20000 people
5 km	6500 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maluku	Indonesia	2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Soanmaitik	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	3 km
Talabit	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	8 km
Kusuri	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	9 km
Pediwang	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	14 km
Sinjngmajehoe	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	14 km
Doro	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	17 km
Ngoali	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km
Biang	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	21 km
Katana	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Pasilulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	23 km
Patja	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	24 km
Tokuoku-njeku	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Kau	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Wangeotak	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	30 km
Bubale	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Talen	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Tahafo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Tobelo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Toguear	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Tolofu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Ruko	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Wasile	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Modjid	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Kedi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Baru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Wajapiakal	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Garoea	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Golea	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Galela	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Subaim	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Bakulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Dogaga	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Iga	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Balaoeting	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Sasu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Akelamo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Peot	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Sahu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Wadjol	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Pumadada	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Jailolo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Tatam	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Dodowo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Asimiro	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Sauru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Kusu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Parapara	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Tataleka	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Bobopajo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Lapi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Dojinga	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Gamgola	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Pintatu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km
Ekor	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	70 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
Kau	KAZ	unknown				0	28 km
Babullah	TTE	15	Civ.	Paved	No	4600	85 km
Pitu		15	Civ.	Paved	No	9500	85 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kau		Indonesia	28 km
Tobelo		Indonesia	38 km
Galela		Indonesia	44 km
Akeselaka		Indonesia	45 km
Buli		Indonesia	77 km
Ternate	IDTTE	Indonesia	88 km

More information

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