Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 29 Dec 2021 23:00 UTC

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M 4.8 in Indonesia on 29 Dec 2021 23:00 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:	178.59 Km
Lat/Lon:	-7.591 , 127.548
Event Date:	29 Dec 2021 23:00 UTC 30 Dec 2021 08:00 Local
Exposed Population:	80 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000g7u7
Inserted at:	29 Dec 2021 23:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	6.6 (Timor-Leste)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Timor-Leste= 6.6; Indonesia= 4.8

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000g7u7	Scaled population (vector)	4.7
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.18

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1418708		0	29 Dec 2021 23:00	4.8M, 178.59km	N/A	80 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	NEIC

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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 Djerusu, Oewakeka, Hila, Uwakeka, Wonreli, Serwaru, Kaiwatu, Pulau Kisar, Noewewan, Tandjung Wakululoron, and Tandjung Tudpateh.

Radius	Population
100 km	80000 people
75 km	30000 people
50 km	3200 people
20 km	3100 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 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
Djerusu	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	11 km
Oewakeka	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Hila	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km
Uwakeka	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	20 km
Wonreli	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Serwaru	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Kaiwatu	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Pulau Kisar	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Noewewan	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Tandjung Wakululoron	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Wakarleli	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Tandjung Tudpateh	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Moa Island		Indonesia	75 km
Sevivara Point	TLSVP	Timor-Leste	92 km

More information

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