Overall Red Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 28 Sep 2018 10:02 UTC

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M 7.5 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.4 m) in Indonesia on 28 Sep 2018 10:02 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.5M
Glide number:	EQ-2018-000156-IDN
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.1781 , 119.8401
Event Date:	28 Sep 2018 10:02 UTC 28 Sep 2018 18:02 Local
Exposed Population:	350000 people in MMI 780000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000h3p4
Inserted at:	28 Sep 2018 10:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	3.2		1.2		3.2
us1000h3p4	Scaled population (vector)	6.42	Max wave alert	1.51m
	C1 shakemap	-1.73	Max wave realtime	1.44m
	C2 shakemap	0.79
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.96

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1229834		2.5	28 Sep 2018 10:02	7.6M, 10km	N/A	810 thousand (in 100km)	1.6m (at 00:30)	00:06	GEOFON
1229845		3.2	28 Sep 2018 10:02	7.5M, 10km	9.12	920 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	1.4m (at 00:30)	00:18	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 Sulawesi Tengah (population 1,832,441) . The nearest places are Lende, Magapa, Ombo, Meli, Potomoea, Kasimbar, Baja, Toribulu, Oti, Popodi, and Bainaa.

Radius	Population
100 km	930000 people
75 km	270000 people
50 km	130000 people
20 km	26000 people
10 km	13000 people
5 km	4900 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lende	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	2 km
Magapa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	8 km
Ombo	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	13 km
Meli	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	15 km
Potomoea	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	20 km
Kasimbar	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	20 km
Baja	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	23 km
Toribulu	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	23 km
Oti	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	23 km
Popodi	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	25 km
Tada	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Sipoeroe	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Lemo	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Ladang Kolawi	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Sigentio	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Towaja	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Sabang	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Marantale	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Labua	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Dongala	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Lemokosumba	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Uwentiro	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Tawaeli	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Pambero	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Sidoan	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Toboli	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Taipa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Bainaa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	70 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
Mutiara	PLW	87	Civ.	Paved	No	6700	82 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Donggala		Indonesia	53 km
Pantoloan	IDPTL	Indonesia	54 km
Toboli		Indonesia	55 km
Palu		Indonesia	78 km

More information

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