Overall Green Earthquake alert Off-shore on 13 Feb 2003 20:55 UTC

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M 4.6 Off-shore on 13 Feb 2003 20:55 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:	4.6M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.88 , 126.54
Event Date:	13 Feb 2003 20:55 UTC
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 Jan 1900 00:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1503		0.5	13 Feb 2003 20:55	4.6M, 33km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)		-20:-55	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 Maluku (population 10,955) . The nearest places are Wamana, Wamasi, Aerboeaja, Walhida, Bara, Waeplou, Nama, Warohi, Nataboti, Watele Dafa, and Watele Lalmata.

Radius	Population
100 km	160000 people
75 km	110000 people
50 km	23000 people
20 km	5200 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maluku	Indonesia	11000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Wamana	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	20 km
Wamasi	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Aerboeaja	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Walhida	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Bara	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Waeplou	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Nama	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Warohi	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Nataboti	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Watele Dafa	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Wafehat	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Djiku Merasa	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Watele Lalmata	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km

see full list

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
Namlea	NAM	unknown				0	75 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Namlea	Indonesia	74 km
Wamsasi	Indonesia	83 km
Tifu	Indonesia	92 km
Leksula	Indonesia	98 km

More information

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