Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 24 May 2023 15:49 UTC

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M 6.2 in Indonesia on 24 May 2023 15:49 UTC

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:	6.2M
Depth:	166.459 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.9826 , 129.5289
Event Date:	24 May 2023 15:49 UTC 25 May 2023 00:49 Local
Exposed Population:	6 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000k3h5
Inserted at:	24 May 2023 16:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us7000k3h5	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0m
	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
1507443		0	24 May 2023 15:49	6.2M, 166.459km	4.23	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	19000 people
75 km	3200 people
50 km	no 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
Wotai	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	25 km
Rumadai	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Layeni	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Lewa	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	67 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
Tepa		Indonesia	98 km

More information

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