M 5.8 in Indonesia on 24 Jan 2023 02:13 UTC

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: 5.8M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 2.8178 , 126.9122
Event Date: 24 Jan 2023 02:13 UTC
24 Jan 2023 10:13 Local
Exposed Population: 8 thousand in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us6000jitq
Inserted at: 24 Jan 2023 02:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000jitq Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1485167 0 24 Jan 2023 02:13 5.8M, 35km 3.63 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:24 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 Utara (population 2,665,773) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1485167 126.912/2.818 5.8 35 3.725 24 Jan 2023 02:40 00:27 (new episode)
2 0 1485167 126.912/2.818 5.8 35 3.69 24 Jan 2023 04:18 02:04 (upd of #1)
3 0 1485167 126.943/2.817 5.8 35 3.627 24 Jan 2023 06:16 04:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1485167 126.943/2.816 5.8 35 3.627 24 Jan 2023 22:40 20:27 (upd of #3)
5 0 1485167 126.943/2.816 5.8 35 3.627 25 Jan 2023 02:40 1d 00:27 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Sulawesi Utara Indonesia 17000 people
Sulawesi Utara Indonesia <1000 people
Maluku Indonesia 4100 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Damau Sulawesi Utara Indonesia Village - 104 km
Damar Sulawesi Utara Indonesia Village - 108 km
Kanang Sulawesi Utara Indonesia Village - 163 km
Ulu Sulawesi Utara Indonesia Village - 168 km
Sasu Maluku Utara Indonesia Village - 182 km
Peot Maluku Utara Indonesia Village - 187 km
Bubale Maluku Utara Indonesia Village - 216 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
Morotai Island OTI unknown 0 176 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Ulu Indonesia 166 km

More information

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