Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 19 Apr 2017 13:40 UTC

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M 4.8 in Indonesia on 19 Apr 2017 13:40 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:	4.8M
Depth:	83.39 Km
Lat/Lon:	1.5086 , 128.2569
Event Date:	19 Apr 2017 13:40 UTC 19 Apr 2017 22:40 Local
Exposed Population:	560000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008iyz
Inserted at:	20 Apr 2017 05:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-0.9		-0.9
us10008iyz	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
1164628		-0.9	19 Apr 2017 13:40	4.8M, 83.39km	N/A	570 thousand (in 100km)		15:43	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 Iga, Tatam, Katana, Bubale, Patja, Pediwang, Tobelo, Doro, Kusuri, Dogaga, and Lapi.

Radius	Population
100 km	570000 people
75 km	370000 people
50 km	170000 people
20 km	2400 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maluku	Indonesia	2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Iga	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	10 km
Tatam	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Katana	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Bubale	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	30 km
Patja	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Pediwang	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Tobelo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Doro	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Kusuri	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Dogaga	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Ruko	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Subaim	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Akelamo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Biang	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Garoea	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Soanmaitik	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Sinjngmajehoe	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Talabit	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Wasile	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Ngoali	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Dorosago	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Pandanga	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Kau	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Wajapiakal	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Golea	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Gotalalamo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Daruba	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Wangeotak	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Sabatai	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Galela	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Dodowo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Pasilulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Watam	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Pilowo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Wajamli	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Tokuoku-njeku	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Baru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Lapi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 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	56 km
Pitu		15	Civ.	Paved	No	9500	60 km
Morotai Island	OTI	unknown				0	93 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Tobelo	Indonesia	36 km
Kau	Indonesia	55 km
Galela	Indonesia	57 km
Akeselaka	Indonesia	63 km
Buli	Indonesia	70 km
Wayabula	Indonesia	85 km

More information

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