M 6.6 in Indonesia on 13 Mar 2022 21:09 UTC

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: 6.6M
Depth: 16.18 Km
Event Date: 13 Mar 2022 21:09 UTC
14 Mar 2022 04:09 Local
Exposed Population: About 16000 people in MMI
50 thousand in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000h48e
Inserted at: 13 Mar 2022 21:32 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000h48e Scaled population (vector) 4.69 Max wave alert 0.09m  
  C1 earthquake 1.54 Max wave realtime 0.09m  
  C2 earthquake -0.64      
  Country Vulnerability 0.09      
  INFORM_normalised 0.96      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1431002 0 13 Mar 2022 21:09 6.6M, 16.18km 6.38 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:35) 00:22 NEIC
1431011 0.1 13 Mar 2022 21:09 6.7M, 21.8km 6.49 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:36) 00:44 NEIC
1431090 0 13 Mar 2022 21:09 6.7M, 28km 6.47 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 01:13) 08:21 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.

Tsunami affected locations

The maximum Wave height is  0.1m in Hilibafunua, Indonesia. This height is estimated for 13-Mar-2022 21:44:71.

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Wave height (m)
13-Mar-2022 21:44:71 Hilibafunua Indonesia  0.1
13-Mar-2022 21:44:71 Tanabalah Indonesia  0.1
13-Mar-2022 21:50:88 Kagogolo Indonesia  0.1
13-Mar-2022 21:25:54 Togilitte Indonesia  0.1
13-Mar-2022 21:37:43 Muarsiget Indonesia  0.1

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Initial conditions

Title: ""168 km W of Pariaman""

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: -.683
  • Longitude: 98.603
  • Length: 31 km
  • Width: 8 km
  • Magnitude: 6.6 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: .9 m
  • Strike: 329 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 7 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 16 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 97.103, -2.183, 100.103, .817
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.25 minutes

Sea Level

More information

  • Timeline:
    Tsunami calculations performed to this case, click here

  • Montecarlo:
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