Overall Green Earthquake in Indonesia on 01 Sep 2026 08:22 UTC

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M 5.6 in Indonesia on 01 Sep 2026 08:22 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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	0.1685 , 128.8054
Event Date:	01 Sep 2026 08:22 UTC 01 Sep 2026 17:22 Local
Exposed Population:	8 thousand in MMI VI
Source:	NEIC us7000tdav
Inserted at:	01 Sep 2026 08:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000tdav	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0
	Score no CC	0

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
1730450		0	01 Sep 2026 08:22	5.6M, 10km	6.17	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:17	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
	8400 people
	5300 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1730450	128.805/0.168	5.6	10	6.202	01 Sep 2026 08:43	00:20	(new episode)
2	1730450	128.805/0.168	5.6	10	6.228	01 Sep 2026 10:27	02:05	(upd of #1)
3	1730450	128.805/0.168	5.6	10	6.202	02 Sep 2026 14:00	1d 05:38	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maluku	Indonesia	8000 people
Maluku	Indonesia	4100 people
Maluku	Indonesia	81000 people
Maluku	Indonesia	380000 people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	<1000 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
	Kau	KAZ	unknown				0	151 km
	Labuha	LAH	unknown				0	171 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Patani	Indonesia	13 km
Gebe Island	Indonesia	67 km
Buli	Indonesia	97 km
Weda	Indonesia	105 km
Akeselaka	Indonesia	134 km
Kau	Indonesia	150 km
Laiwui	Indonesia	212 km

More information

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