M 5.5 in Indonesia from 27 Feb 2023 01:26 UTC to 01:26

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: 5.5M
Depth: 42.456 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.6972 , 120.2673
Event Date: 27 Feb 2023 01:26 UTC
27 Feb 2023 09:26 Local
Exposed Population: 60 thousand in MMI V
Source: NEIC us6000jrtm
Inserted at: 27 Feb 2023 01:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000jrtm Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1492378 0 27 Feb 2023 01:26 5.5M, 42.456km 5.33 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:33 NEIC
1492400 0 27 Feb 2023 01:26 5.6M, 23.945km 6.59 2 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 01:11 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Indonesia ,of Sulawesi Tengah (population 1,832,441) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
62000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia 2800 people
Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia 270000 people
Sulawesi Selatan Indonesia 12000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Bariri Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 5 km
Watutu Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 18 km
Pada Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 19 km
Boelili Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 22 km
Sabulu Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 23 km
Toeare Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 26 km
Labua Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 28 km
Pelembia Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 31 km
Sedoa Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 37 km
Pangana Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 42 km
Ratodena Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 44 km
Peura Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 46 km
Tomado Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 46 km
Batunontju Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 47 km
Dondowa Sulawesi Selatan Indonesia Village - 48 km
Puna Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 53 km
Kambera Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 55 km
Tokilo Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 63 km
Pindolo Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 63 km
Tagolu Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 64 km
Poso Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village 47000 people 65 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Kasiguncu 53 Civ. Paved No 3600 53 km

More information

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