Overall Green Earthquake in Indonesia on 24 Feb 2026 07:46 UTC

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M 5.5 in Indonesia on 24 Feb 2026 07:46 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:	5.5M
Depth:	10.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.1052 , 138.8515
Event Date:	24 Feb 2026 07:46 UTC 24 Feb 2026 16:46 Local
Exposed Population:	4 thousand in MMI VI
Source:	NEIC us7000rzxu
Inserted at:	24 Feb 2026 08:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000rzxu	Scaled population (raster)	0.48
	C1 shakemap	-1.73
	C2 shakemap	0.79
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.96
	Score no CC	10

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1689500		0	24 Feb 2026 07:46	5.5M, 10.6km	6.48	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:18	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 Irian Jaya (population 1,752,571) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	3800 people
	31000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1689500	138.852/-2.105	5.5	10.6	6.546	24 Feb 2026 08:11	00:24	(new episode)
2	1689500	138.852/-2.105	5.5	10.6	6.546	24 Feb 2026 08:17	00:30	(upd of #1)
3	1689500	138.852/-2.105	5.5	10.6	6.634	24 Feb 2026 10:11	02:24	(upd of #2)
4	1689500	138.852/-2.105	5.5	10.6	6.536	26 Feb 2026 14:00	2d 06:13	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	no people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	3200 people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	24000 people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	44000 people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	150000 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
	Sarmi	ZRM	unknown				0	26 km
	Batom	BXM	unknown				0	86 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Ansudu		Indonesia	57 km
	Mataboor		Indonesia	98 km

More information

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