M 5.5 in Indonesia on 14 Feb 2018 00:05 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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.9984 , 133.8029
Event Date: 14 Feb 2018 00:05 UTC
14 Feb 2018 09:05 Local
Exposed Population: 120000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000d1rb
Inserted at: 14 Feb 2018 00:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000d1rb Scaled population (vector) -8  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1198808 0 14 Feb 2018 00:05 5.5M, 10km 4.32 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 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 Maikoor, Fatudjuring, Taberfane, Ojurdjela, Loetoer, Workai, Dobo, Rebi, Wokam, Manoembai, and Fekfekai.

Radius Population
100 km 130000 people
75 km 53000 people
50 km 5900 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

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Maikoor Maluku Indonesia Village - 38 km
Fatudjuring Maluku Indonesia Village - 39 km
Taberfane Maluku Indonesia Village - 40 km
Ojurdjela Maluku Indonesia Village - 49 km
Loetoer Maluku Indonesia Village - 50 km
Workai Maluku Indonesia Village - 53 km
Dobo Maluku Indonesia Village - 53 km
Rebi Maluku Indonesia Village - 54 km
Wokam Maluku Indonesia Village - 56 km
Manoembai Maluku Indonesia Village - 56 km
Selimar Maluku Indonesia Village - 58 km
Kobraoer Maluku Indonesia Village - 59 km
Waika Maluku Indonesia Village - 61 km
Alardjir Maluku Indonesia Village - 62 km
Laealaoet Maluku Indonesia Village - 64 km
Beding Warlai Maluku Indonesia Village - 64 km
Djaboelingan Maluku Indonesia Village - 64 km
Oeraioen Maluku Indonesia Village - 68 km
Fekfekai Maluku Indonesia Village - 68 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
Benjina BJK 8 0 52 km
Aru 50 0 74 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Dobo Indonesia 53 km
Banda Elat Indonesia 99 km

More information

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