Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia from 28 Sep 2018 10:14 UTC to 10:14

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M 6.7 in Indonesia from 28 Sep 2018 10:14 UTC to 10:14

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	0 , 119.86
Event Date:	28 Sep 2018 10:14 UTC 28 Sep 2018 18:14 Local
Exposed Population:	490000 people within 100km
Source:	GEOFON gfz2018tacc
Inserted at:	28 Sep 2018 10:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
GEOFON	1.3		0.2		1.3
gfz2018tacc	Scaled population (vector)	5.69	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 earthquake	1.54	Max wave realtime	0.26m
	C2 earthquake	-0.64
	Country Vulnerability	0.09
	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
1229848		1.3	28 Sep 2018 10:14	6.7M, 10km	N/A	490 thousand (in 100km)	0.3m (at 00:09)	00:10	GEOFON
1229852		0	28 Sep 2018 10:14	5.8M, 10km	6.09	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	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 Baja, Magapa, Sipoeroe, Potomoea, Meli, Popodi, Lende, Tada, Kasimbar, Ladang Kolawi, and Marantale.

Radius	Population
100 km	490000 people
75 km	200000 people
50 km	110000 people
20 km	23000 people
10 km	5000 people
5 km	1300 people
2 km	no 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
Baja	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	4 km
Magapa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	12 km
Sipoeroe	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	13 km
Potomoea	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	13 km
Meli	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	15 km
Popodi	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	21 km
Lende	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Tada	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	23 km
Kasimbar	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	24 km
Ladang Kolawi	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Sabang	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	30 km
Sigentio	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Ombo	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Lemokosumba	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Toribulu	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Pambero	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Oti	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Sidoan	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Lemo	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Ou	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Munte	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Bainaa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Taipa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Siboa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Tinombo	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Towaja	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Balukan	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Marantale	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Toboli		Indonesia	72 km
Donggala		Indonesia	73 km
Pantoloan	IDPTL	Indonesia	74 km
Tomoni		Indonesia	89 km
Palu		Indonesia	97 km

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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