M 5 in Indonesia from 17 Dec 2006 09:04 UTC to 09:04

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: 5.0M
Depth: 50 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.28 , 125.06
Event Date: 17 Dec 2006 09:04 UTC
17 Dec 2006 17:04 Local
Exposed Population:
no people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 17 Dec 2006 13:28 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
23537 0.5 17 Dec 2006 09:04 5M, 50.4km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 01:28 NEIC
23542 0.5 17 Dec 2006 09:04 5M, 50km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 04:24 EMSC
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) .

Radius Population
100 km 9600 people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no 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
Maluku Indonesia 2 million people
Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia 1.8 million people
Sulawesi Tenggara Indonesia 1.5 million people
Sulawesi Selatan Indonesia 7.3 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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