Overall Green Earthquake in Indonesia on 02 Apr 2025 21:03 UTC

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M 5.9 in Indonesia on 02 Apr 2025 21:03 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:	5.9M
Depth:	36.7 Km
Lat/Lon:	2.1167 , 126.759
Event Date:	02 Apr 2025 21:03 UTC 03 Apr 2025 06:03 Local
Exposed Population:	40 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us6000q3iu
Inserted at:	02 Apr 2025 21:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000q3iu	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
1631718		0	02 Apr 2025 21:03	5.9M, 36.7km	3.83	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:14	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
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1631718	126.759/2.117	5.9	36.7	3.841	02 Apr 2025 21:24	00:20	(new episode)
2	1631718	126.759/2.117	5.9	36.7	3.825	02 Apr 2025 21:39	00:35	(upd of #1)
3	1631718	126.759/2.117	5.9	36.7	3.826	02 Apr 2025 23:23	02:19	(upd of #2)
4	1631718	126.759/2.117	5.9	36.7	3.826	04 Apr 2025 14:00	1d 16:57	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maluku	Indonesia	45000 people
Maluku	Indonesia	350000 people
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	27000 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
Sangir	SAE	unknown				0	151 km
Kau	KAZ	unknown				0	163 km
Pitu		15	Civ.	Paved	No	9500	173 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Galela	Indonesia	126 km
Tobelo	Indonesia	146 km
Wayabula	Indonesia	161 km
Kau	Indonesia	164 km
Kema	Indonesia	205 km

More information

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