Overall Green Earthquake in Indonesia on 02 Sep 2026 00:04 UTC

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M 5.6 in Indonesia on 02 Sep 2026 00:04 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:	64.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.2128 , 139.3732
Event Date:	02 Sep 2026 00:04 UTC 02 Sep 2026 09:04 Local
Exposed Population:	400 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000tdhl
Inserted at:	02 Sep 2026 00:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000tdhl	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
1730598		0	02 Sep 2026 00:04	5.6M, 64.6km	4.15	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:13	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
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1730598	139.373/-3.213	5.6	64.6	4.416	02 Sep 2026 00:23	00:19	(new episode)
2	1730598	139.373/-3.213	5.6	64.6	4.348	02 Sep 2026 00:30	00:25	(upd of #1)
3	1730598	139.346/-3.224	5.6	69.1	4.376	02 Sep 2026 01:46	01:41	(upd of #2)
4	1730598	139.346/-3.224	5.6	69.1	4.376	02 Sep 2026 01:51	01:46	(upd of #3)
5	1730598	139.346/-3.224	5.6	69.1	4.376	02 Sep 2026 02:09	02:04	(upd of #4)
6	1730598	139.346/-3.224	5.6	69.1	4.376	03 Sep 2026 02:04	1d 01:59	(upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	420000 people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	160000 people
West Sepik	Papua New Guinea	<1000 people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	2400 people
West Sepik	Papua New Guinea	no people
Western	Papua New Guinea	no 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
Lereh	LHI	unknown				0	59 km
Batom	BXM	unknown				0	106 km
Wamena	WMX	1550	Civ.	Paved	No	5400	109 km
Sentani	DJJ	89	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7100	145 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Demta		Indonesia	129 km

More information

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