Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 20 Mar 2017 15:55 UTC

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M 5 in Indonesia on 20 Mar 2017 15:55 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This is a preliminary assessment. The final GDACS Alert Level has been/will be published using more detailed information.

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.0M
Depth:	105 Km
Lat/Lon:	-7.6038 , 128.1837
Event Date:	20 Mar 2017 15:55 UTC 21 Mar 2017 00:55 Local
Exposed Population:	About 65000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008tbj
Inserted at:	20 Mar 2017 16:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
us20008tbj	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1161215		n.a	20 Mar 2017 15:55	4.9M, 114.88km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		00:25	NEIC
1161217		n.a	20 Mar 2017 15:55	5M, 105km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		00:52	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 , Province of Maluku (population 1,991,398) . The nearest places are Toenwawang, Moanga, Siota, Sera, Polau Lakor, Kaiwatu, Klis, Letoda, Keti, Lolotuara, and Patti.

Radius	Population
100 km	66000 people
75 km	58000 people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maluku	Indonesia	2 million people
Timor-Leste	Timor-Leste	860000 people
Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	3.5 million people
Northern Territory	Australia	160000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Toenwawang	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Moanga	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Siota	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Sera	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Polau Lakor	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Kaiwatu	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Klis	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Letoda	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Keti	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Lolotuara	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Patti	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Moa Island		Indonesia	60 km
Sermata Island		Indonesia	92 km

More information

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