M 5.6 in Indonesia on 14 Aug 2026 22:18 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1558065
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Glide number: EQ-2026-000151-IDN
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.3406 , 121.4284
Event Date: 14 Aug 2026 22:18 UTC
15 Aug 2026 06:18 Local
Exposed Population: 1 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 14 Aug 2026 22:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tku7 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Powerful quake off Indonesia kills 20, sparks mass evacuations 8/15/2026 7:54:00 AM.

Ammon News - Rescuers combed through debris for survivors Saturday after a powerful earthquake struck off Flores island in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 20 people and sending thousands fleeing. As the full scale of the disaster unfold
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Powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia, killing 20 8/15/2026 7:53:00 AM.

The quake struck to the north of Flores Island in the eastern part of the country in the early hours of the morning, sparking panic as people fled into the streets amid crumbling buildings. A tsunami warning was declared but has since been
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Terremoto in Indonesia, sisma di magnitudo 7,7 a largo isola di Flores.. 8/15/2026 7:53:00 AM.

Un violento terremoto di magnitudo 7.7 ha colpito l''isola di Flores, nell''Indonesia orientale, causando almeno 20 morti. L''epicentro del sisma è stato localizzato a largo della....
Indonesia, terremoto di magnitudo 7,7: crolli e vittime 8/15/2026 7:51:00 AM.

(LaPresse) - Un potente t erremoto di magnitudo 7,7 ha colpito nella prima mattinata di sabato la regione indonesiana di Flores , provocando crolli, panico e almeno 5 morti. I soccorritori hanno perlustrato gli edifici danneggiati nella cit
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),