M 6 in Indonesia on 18 Jan 2023 00:34 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: 6.0M
Depth: 152.529 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.0007 , 123.1832
Event Date: 18 Jan 2023 00:34 UTC
18 Jan 2023 08:34 Local
Exposed Population: 1.3 million in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us7000j511
Inserted at: 18 Jan 2023 01:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000j511 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
1484088 0 18 Jan 2023 00:34 6.1M, 147.066km 4.27 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:20 NEIC
1484094 0 18 Jan 2023 00:34 6M, 152.529km 4.17 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 01:01 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.

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 Utara (population 722,813) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Sulawesi Utara Indonesia 720000 people
Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia 30000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Taludaa Gorontalo Indonesia Village - 37 km
Bilungala Gorontalo Indonesia Village - 43 km
Lembongo Gorontalo Indonesia Village - 60 km
Pinogu Sulawesi Utara Indonesia Village - 62 km
Gorontalo Gorontalo Indonesia City 140000 people 63 km
Telaga Gorontalo Indonesia Village - 63 km
Padang Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 64 km
Taloemopatoe Gorontalo Indonesia Village - 69 km
Datahu Isimu Gorontalo Indonesia Village - 81 km
Reksonegoro Gorontalo Indonesia Village - 81 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
Jalaluddin GTO 18 Mil. Paved No 5400 80 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Gorontalo IDGTO Indonesia 58 km

More information

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