M 4.5 in Northern Molucca Sea on 04 May 2021 19:50 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: 4.5M
Depth: 39.83 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.4531 , 126.2206
Event Date: 04 May 2021 19:50 UTC
05 May 2021 04:50 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000e04p
Inserted at: 04 May 2021 21:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000e04p 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1373593 0 04 May 2021 19:50 4.5M, 39.83km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 02:03 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) .

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Maluku Indonesia 2 million people
Sulawesi Utara Indonesia 2.7 million people
Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia 1.8 million people
Irian Jaya Indonesia 1.8 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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