M 4.5 in Indonesia on 14 Aug 2016 04:19 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.3977 , 127.2916
Event Date: 14 Aug 2016 04:19 UTC
14 Aug 2016 13:19 Local
Exposed Population:
About 11773 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10006dps
Inserted at: 14 Aug 2016 04:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006dps Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1136618 0 14 Aug 2016 04:19 4.5M, 10km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 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 Elara, and Walua.

Radius Population
100 km 12000 people
75 km <1000 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
Irian Jaya Indonesia 1.8 million people
Sulawesi Tenggara Indonesia 1.5 million people
Timor-Leste Timor-Leste 860000 people
Nusa Tenggara Timur Indonesia 3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Elara Maluku Indonesia Village - 57 km
Walua Maluku Indonesia Village - 64 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
Namrole NRE unknown 0 91 km

More information

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