M 5.1 in Indonesia on 21 Jan 2007 20:27 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: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.749 , 127.479
Event Date: 21 Jan 2007 20:27 UTC
22 Jan 2007 05:27 Local
Exposed Population:
450000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 23 Jan 2007 00:05 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
24345 0.5 21 Jan 2007 20:27 5.1M, 10km N/A 450 thousand (in 100km) 1d 03:38 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 1,991,398) .

Radius Population
100 km 350000 people
75 km 250000 people
50 km 82000 people
20 km 11000 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Indonesia Maluku 2 million people

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 76 km
Pitu 15 Civ. Paved No 9500 98 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Galela Indonesia 42 km
Tobelo Indonesia 58 km

More information

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