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Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 7.05 S°, 120.96 E°
Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 4.95 N°, 132.96 E° 		Overview Map
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Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Region Lat/Long
30-Dec-2012 11:33:41 5.1 -58.6 Molucca Sea 1.57° N / 126.69° E
29-Dec-2012 23:01:21 4.2 -34.8 Molucca Sea 0.99° N / 125.61° E
29-Dec-2012 22:43:55 4.5 -168.5 Banda Sea 6.6° S / 129.86° E
29-Dec-2012 20:29:52 4.6 -162.5 Banda Sea 6.61° S / 129.87° E
29-Dec-2012 17:15:10 4.9 -56.6 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia 4.11° N / 126.84° E
29-Dec-2012 08:33:19 4.6 -143.4 Banda Sea 6.58° S / 129.87° E
28-Dec-2012 17:32:17 5.5 -104.4 Sulawesi, Indonesia 0.24° S / 122.94° E
28-Dec-2012 10:13:15 4.5 -150.7 Banda Sea 6.61° S / 129.83° E
28-Dec-2012 05:21:07 4.8 -21.0 Molucca Sea 0.53° N / 126.18° E
01-Jan-2013 15:18:34 4.9 -13.3 Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia 1.05° S / 126.96° E
Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)
Name Advisory Date(UTC) Wind Speed Wind Gusts Heading Track Speed Status Pressure Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.                
Active Volcanoes
Name Region Activity Primary Observatory More Information Last Updated Lat/Long
Makian Indonesia Unknown Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation GVP Site Link Wed Jun 03 08:01:03 HST 2009 0.32° N / 127.4° E
Gamalama Indonesia Unknown Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation GVP Site Link Wed Oct 17 08:06:47 HST 2012 0.8° N / 127.33° E
Gamkonora Indonesia Unknown Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation GVP Site Link Wed Sep 12 08:46:06 HST 2012 1.38° N / 127.53° E
Lokon-Empung Indonesia Unknown Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation GVP Site Link Wed Dec 19 09:40:46 HST 2012 1.36° N / 124.79° E
Karangetang [Api Siau] Indonesia Unknown Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation GVP Site Link Wed Dec 19 09:40:46 HST 2012 2.78° N / 125.4° E
Tongkoko Indonesia Unknown Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation GVP Site Link Wed Apr 28 07:49:48 HST 2010 1.52° N / 125.2° E
Dukono Indonesia Unknown Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation GVP Site Link Wed Jul 04 17:43:27 HST 2012 1.68° N / 127.88° E
Soputan Indonesia Unknown Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation GVP Site Link Wed Dec 05 07:18:37 HST 2012 1.11° N / 124.73° E
Ibu Indonesia Unknown Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation GVP Site Link Wed Sep 14 08:33:13 HST 2011 1.49° N / 127.63° E
Recent Hotspots (Fire)
Date of First Obs(UTC) Date of Last Obs(UTC) Description Mean Lat. Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.        

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years
Count
30
5 Most Recent Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Feb 11 2009 00:17 7.2 22 0 INDONESIA: KEPULAUAN TALAUD 3.88° N / 126.4° E
Jan 03 2009 00:19 7.6 17 5 PAPUA NEW GUINEA: NEAR NORTH COAST 0.41° S / 132.89° E
Nov 16 2008 00:17 7.3 30 6 INDONESIA: MINAHASSA PENINSULA 1.27° N / 122.09° E
Jul 26 2007 00:05 6.9 25 0 INDONESIA: MALUKU: N 2.87° N / 127.46° E
May 29 2007 00:09 6.1 24 0 INDONESIA: LABUHA 1.07° S / 127.34° E
5 Largest Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Feb 01 1938 00:19 8.5 25 0 INDONESIA: BANDA SEA 5.25° S / 130.5° E
Jan 22 1905 00:02 8.4 90 0 INDONESIA: MINAHASSA PENINSULA 1.0° N / 123.0° E
Nov 02 1950 00:15 8.1 60 0 INDONESIA: BANDA SEA 6.5° S / 129.5° E
Nov 18 1918 00:18 8.1 190 0 INDONESIA: BANDA SEA 7.0° S / 129.0° E
Sep 06 1889 00:00 8.0 0 0 N. MOLUCCAS ISLANDS, INDONESIA 1.0° N / 126.25° E

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions
Count
95
5 Most Recent Eruptions
Name Date(UTC) Magnitude Location Lat / Long
IBU Dec 18 1998 00:00 1.0 HALMAHERA-INDONESIA 1.48° N / 127.63° E
MT. KARANGETANG Dec 19 1997 00:00 3.0 INDONESIA 2.78° N / 125.48° E
RUANG Dec 29 1996 00:00 2.0 SANGIHE IS-INDONESIA 2.28° N / 125.43° E
SOPUTAN Dec 15 1996 00:00 1.0 SULAWESI-INDONESIA 1.11° N / 124.72° E
DUKONO Jan 30 1995 00:00 1.0 HALMAHERA-INDONESIA 1.7° N / 127.87° E

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
Nov 16 2008 00:00 INDONESIA TAHUNA 0.1 0 3.63° N / 125.5° E
Mar 14 2006 00:00 INDONESIA BURU ISLAND 3.5 4 3.3° S / 127.1° E
May 04 2000 00:00 INDONESIA PELENG ISLAND, PULAU, SULAWESI 6.0 0 1.37° S / 123.5° E
Nov 29 1998 00:00 INDONESIA TALIABU ISLAND 2.8 0 2.07° S / 124.89° E
Oct 08 1994 00:00 INDONESIA OBI ISLAND 3.0 1 1.49° S / 127.71° E
5 Largest Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
Feb 17 1674 00:00 INDONESIA LIMA, AMBON ISLAND 100.0 127 3.65° S / 127.97° E
Mar 02 1871 00:00 INDONESIA TAHULANDAG I., MOLUCCAS 25.0 277 2.38° N / 125.39° E
Aug 01 1629 00:00 INDONESIA BANDANAIRA (BANDA-NEIRA), BANDA IS. 16.0 0 4.53° S / 129.9° E
Nov 26 1852 00:00 INDONESIA BANDANAIRA (BANDA-NEIRA), BANDA IS. 14.5 60 4.53° S / 129.9° E
Sep 29 1899 00:00 INDONESIA TEHORU 12.0 600 3.38° S / 129.5° E

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)
Start Date(UTC) End Date(UTC) Intensity Size (sq. km.) Mean Lat. Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.          

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years
Maximum Zone
Magnitude IX and above

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years
Maximum Zone (km/hr)
None found for the area chosen.

Demography

Population 2001
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
8,193,588 184,744
Population 2002
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
8,380,795 186,398
Population 2006
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
8,708,955 87,727
Population 2007
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
8,816,956 88,816
Countries
Country
Indonesia
Major Cities
Country Name Population Status Lat / Long
Indonesia Ambon 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 3.72° S / 128.2° E
Indonesia Kendari 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 3.96° S / 122.59° E
Indonesia Manado 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 1.48° N / 124.85° E

Infrastructure

Airports
Name Type Elevation (Ft.) Link Lat / Long
BABULLAH Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00049 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAMT 0.83° N / 127.38° E
BUBUNG Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00056 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAMW 1.04° S / 122.77° E
DUMATUBIN Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00010 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAPL 5.66° S / 132.73° E
JALALUDDIN Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00059 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAMG 0.64° N / 122.85° E
JEFMAN Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00010 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WASS 0.93° S / 131.12° E
NAHA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00016 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAMH 3.68° N / 125.53° E
PATTIMURA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00033 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAPP 3.71° S / 128.09° E
PONGGALUKU Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00500 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAAL 4.32° S / 122.47° E
SAM RATULANGI Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00270 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAMM 1.55° N / 124.93° E
SOROAKO Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01388 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAAS 2.53° S / 121.36° E
SORONG MAINLAND Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00010 0.89° S / 131.29° E
WOLTER MONGINSIDI Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00180 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAAU 4.08° S / 122.42° E
Nuclear Power Plants
Name Country Number of Reactors Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.      

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Urban 1,249 0.07
Rural 220,421 12
Not classified 1,559,146 88
MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest 197,214 92
Unclassified 7,004 3
Croplands 4,435 2
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest 2,377 1.1
Savannas 2,353 1.1
Grasslands 737 0.3
Woody Savannas 358 0.2
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic 417 0.2
Closed Shrublands 238 0.1
Open Shrublands 150 0.07
Mixed Forests 52 0.02
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest 13 0.01
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated 13 0.01
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest 2 0
Permanent Wetlands 8 0
Urban and Built-Up 3 0
Elevation (meters)
(land only)
Minimum Maximum Average
-5 2,804 376
Average Temperature (degrees C)
  Jan Feb Mar
low 21.2 21.1 21.1
high 29.5 29.5 30.1
Average Precipitation
  Jan Feb Mar
mm/day 7.3 7.2 7.2
Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)
Station Name Observation Time (UTC) Temp (F) Wind Speed (MPH) Wind Direction Sky Condition Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.            

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