Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 27 Feb 2020 19:13 UTC

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M 5.6 in Indonesia on 27 Feb 2020 19:13 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:	5.6M
Depth:	120.43 Km
Lat/Lon:	3.7839 , 125.7801
Event Date:	27 Feb 2020 19:13 UTC 28 Feb 2020 03:13 Local
Exposed Population:	About 92000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us600085g3
Inserted at:	27 Feb 2020 21:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us600085g3	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	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
1298305		0	27 Feb 2020 19:13	5.6M, 120.43km	3.96	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		02:03	NEIC
1298322		0	27 Feb 2020 19:13	5.6M, 116.67km	3.96	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:08	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 Utara (population 2,665,773) . The nearest places are Enemawira, Koeloer, Kalasoega, Tahuna, Ngalipaeng, and Tamako.

Radius	Population
100 km	93000 people
75 km	82000 people
50 km	81000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Enemawira	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Koeloer	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Kalasoega	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Tahuna	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Ngalipaeng	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Tamako	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	47 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
Naha	NAH	5				0	30 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Peta	Indonesia	28 km
Manalu	Indonesia	33 km
Tahuna	Indonesia	38 km
Teluk Dago	Indonesia	46 km
Tamako	Indonesia	48 km

More information

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