Overall Green Earthquake alert in Halmahera, Indonesia from 08 May 2022 21:51 UTC to 21:51

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M 5.5 in Halmahera, Indonesia from 08 May 2022 21:51 UTC to 21:51

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:	5.5M
Depth:	56.26 Km
Lat/Lon:	1.7585 , 127.1726
Event Date:	08 May 2022 21:51 UTC 09 May 2022 06:51 Local
Exposed Population:	310 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000h803
Inserted at:	08 May 2022 22:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000h803	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	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
1442322		0	08 May 2022 21:51	5.5M, 56.26km	4.08	310 thousand (in 100km)		00:17	NEIC
1442552		0	08 May 2022 21:51	5.5M, 33.65km	4.06	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 06:01	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	310000 people
75 km	160000 people
50 km	5500 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tolofu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Kedi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Tahafo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Talen	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Bakulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Baru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Tokuoku-njeku	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Pumadada	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Pasilulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Sasu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Peot	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Galela	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Toguear	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Asimiro	Maluku Utara	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
Galela		Indonesia	76 km
Tobelo		Indonesia	94 km

More information

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