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

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M 6.6 in Indonesia from 17 Mar 2015 22:12 UTC to 22:12

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:	6.6M
Depth:	53 Km
Lat/Lon:	1.7 , 126.6
Event Date:	17 Mar 2015 22:12 UTC 18 Mar 2015 07:12 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NTWC
Inserted at:	17 Mar 2015 22:23 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NTWC	0		0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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 , Province of Maluku (population 1,991,398) . The nearest places are and Pasirputih.

Radius	Population
100 km	<1000 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
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	4.5 million people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pasirputih		Palau	Village	-	51 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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