Overall Green Earthquake in Indonesia on 10 Jan 2026 14:58 UTC

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M 6.4 in Indonesia on 10 Jan 2026 14:58 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:	6.4M
Depth:	31 Km
Lat/Lon:	3.7007 , 126.9869
Event Date:	10 Jan 2026 14:58 UTC 10 Jan 2026 22:58 Local
Exposed Population:	40 thousand in MMI VI
Source:	NEIC us7000rnwd
Inserted at:	10 Jan 2026 15:52 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
us7000rnwd	Scaled population (raster)	1.41	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	-1.73	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 shakemap	0.79
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.96
	Score no CC	raster

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1681517	0.4	10 Jan 2026 14:58	6.7M, 76km	N/A	5 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:06	PTWC
1681518	0.4	10 Jan 2026 14:58	6.7M, 76km	N/A	5 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:08	NTWC
1681520	0	10 Jan 2026 14:58	6.5M, 51.6km	6.29	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:16	NEIC
1681531	0	10 Jan 2026 14:58	6.4M, 31km	6.41	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:54	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 ,of Maluku (population 1,991,398) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	41000 people
	71000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1681520	126.986/3.69	6.5	51.6	6.287	10 Jan 2026 15:21	00:22	(new episode)
2	1681520	126.986/3.69	6.5	51.6	6.287	10 Jan 2026 15:27	00:29	(upd of #1)
3	1681531	126.987/3.701	6.4	31	6.458	10 Jan 2026 15:58	01:00	(new episode)
4	1681531	126.987/3.701	6.4	31	6.458	10 Jan 2026 16:06	01:07	(upd of #3)
5	1681531	126.987/3.701	6.4	31	6.409	12 Jan 2026 14:01	1d 23:03	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	17000 people
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	45000 people
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	16000 people
Maluku	Indonesia	26000 people
Maluku	Indonesia	no people

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Naha	NAH	5				0	162 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Lirung	Indonesia	41 km
Beo	Indonesia	62 km
Talaud Island	Indonesia	102 km
Manalu	Indonesia	152 km
Peta	Indonesia	158 km
Teluk Dago	Indonesia	162 km
Tamako	Indonesia	167 km

More information

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