Malcom: Indonesian Journal of Machine Learning and Computer Science
Vol. 6 No. 3 (2026): MALCOM July 2026

Assessment of Liquefaction Hazard Potential Using Decision Tree, Random Forest and Support Vector Machine: A Case Study of Samarinda, Indonesia

Muhammad Rizqy Septyandy (Universitas Mulawarman)
Divo Dwi Bramantyo (Universitas Mulawarman)
Muhammad Amin Syam (Universitas Mulawarman)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Jun 2026

Abstract

Earthquake-induced soil liquefaction is a major hazard for urban areas in Indonesia built on recent alluvial deposits. This study evaluates three supervised machine learning algorithms Decision Tree (DT), Random Forest (RF), and Support Vector Machine (SVM)  liquefaction hazard mapping in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Four predictor variables were used: shear wave velocity (Vs30), peak ground acceleration (PGA), groundwater level (GWL), and slope. Because only four Cone Penetration Test (CPT) locations were available, the dataset was expanded to 532 labeled samples through stratified spatial sampling of a previously published CPT-based fuzzy GIS liquefaction map. An 80:20 train-test split was used, and SMOTE was applied only to the training data to address class imbalance. Model performance was evaluated using accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, and confusion matrices. DT achieved the best performance with an accuracy and weighted F1-score of 0.87, followed by SVM (0.80) and RF (0.78). The resulting hazard map classified Samarinda into Very Low (68%), Low (6%), High (7%), and Very High (19%) hazard zones. High-risk areas were concentrated in the eastern part of the city, where shallow groundwater, Sulfaquent soils, and recent alluvial deposits are present.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

malcom

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT

Description

MALCOM: Indonesian Journal of Machine Learning and Computer Science is a scientific journal published by the Institut Riset dan Publikasi Indonesia (IRPI) in collaboration with several Universities throughout Riau and Indonesia. MALCOM will be published 2 (two) times a year, April and October, each ...