M 6 in Indonesia on 19 Jan 2020 16:58 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: 6.0M
Depth: 118.14 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.1267 , 123.8192
Event Date: 19 Jan 2020 16:58 UTC
20 Jan 2020 00:58 Local
Exposed Population: 170000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60007arp
Inserted at: 20 Jan 2020 17:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60007arp Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1291131 0 19 Jan 2020 16:58 6M, 118.14km 4.17 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:04 NEIC
1291310 0 19 Jan 2020 16:58 6.1M, 121.87km 4.24 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 05:37 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 Sulawesi Utara (population 25,519) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1291131 -0.127/123.819 6.0 118.1 4.168 19 Jan 2020 17:21 00:23 (new episode)
2 0 1291131 -0.127/123.819 6.0 118.1 4.168 19 Jan 2020 17:33 00:35 (upd of #1)
3 0 1291131 -0.127/123.819 6.0 118.1 4.168 19 Jan 2020 19:01 02:02 (upd of #2)
4 0 1291131 -0.127/123.819 6.0 118.1 4.168 20 Jan 2020 17:02 1d 00:04 (upd of #3)
5 0 1291310 -0.111/123.778 6.1 121.9 4.238 20 Jan 2020 22:39 1d 05:41 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Sulawesi Utara Indonesia 26000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Negerilama Sulawesi Utara Indonesia Village - 50 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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