Overall Green Earthquake alert in Halmahera, Indonesia on 23 May 2022 16:45 UTC

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M 4.6 in Halmahera, Indonesia on 23 May 2022 16:45 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	4.6M
Depth:	62.77 Km
Lat/Lon:	1.7145 , 127.2808
Event Date:	23 May 2022 16:45 UTC 24 May 2022 01:45 Local
Exposed Population:	340 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000hbz1
Inserted at:	23 May 2022 17:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000hbz1	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59
	C2 rapid impact	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
1444805		0	23 May 2022 16:45	4.6M, 62.77km	3.55	340 thousand (in 100km)		00:30	NEIC
1445801		0	23 May 2022 16:45	4.5M, 63.78km	3.52	330 thousand (in 100km)		6d 04:13	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	340000 people
75 km	170000 people
50 km	120000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tolofu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Kedi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Tahafo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Talen	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Tokuoku-njeku	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Bakulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Baru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Pasilulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Pumadada	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Sasu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Galela	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Toguear	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Peot	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Asimiro	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Golea	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Sahu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Talabit	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Soanmaitik	Maluku Utara	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
Kau	KAZ	unknown				0	90 km
Babullah	TTE	15	Civ.	Paved	No	4600	98 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Galela	Indonesia	65 km
Tobelo	Indonesia	81 km
Kau	Indonesia	91 km

More information

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