Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 24 May 2017 09:10 UTC

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M 5.6 in Indonesia on 24 May 2017 09:10 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:	5.6M
Depth:	15.43 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.7671 , 122.1581
Event Date:	24 May 2017 09:10 UTC 24 May 2017 17:10 Local
Exposed Population:	About 8000 people in MMI 410000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008usv
Inserted at:	24 May 2017 09:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
us10008usv	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1168792		0.5	24 May 2017 09:10	5.6M, 15.43km	6.03	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	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 Tengah (population 1,491) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	8900 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1168792	-2.767/122.158	5.6	15.43	6.03	24 May 2017 09:30	00:20	(new episode)
	2	0	1168792	-2.767/122.158	5.6	15.43	6.03	24 May 2017 11:12	02:02	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	8100 people
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	39000 people
Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	110000 people
Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia	24000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Siumbatu	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	13 km
Losoni	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	19 km
Bahomotefe	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	20 km
Kolono	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Unsongi	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	24 km
One Ete	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Terete	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Mataoesa	Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Tetewatoe	Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Watupari	Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Wawohewo	Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Parutuliang	Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Pombangie	Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Wiwirana	Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Tokolimboe	Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Lengkobale	Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia	Village	-	77 km
Watuala	Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	Village	-	77 km
Bahusuai	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	78 km
Molawe	Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	Village	-	78 km
Lewulo	Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	Village	-	80 km
Tiinampoeoe	Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia	Village	-	83 km
Meloehoe	Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	Village	-	124 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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