M 4.9 in Indonesia on 14 Aug 2015 12:31 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 1063026
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 37.86 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.0002 , 140.0908
Event Date: 14 Aug 2015 12:31 UTC
14 Aug 2015 21:31 Local
Exposed Population:
203366 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Aug 2015 12:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 274 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Japan nuclear utility says no special precautions over volcanoTue, 18 Aug 2015 12:13:00 +0200.

(Adds comment, updates graphic) TOKYO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Japanese utility Kyushu Electric Power said on Monday that it was monitoring activity at a volcano near its Sendai nuclear plant, but did not need to take any special precautions aft
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Japão ativa sistema de aviso de tsunami com foco na retirada de pessoa ... Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:02:00 +0200.

BRASÍLIA - A Agência de Meteorologia do Japão ativou nesta quinta-feira (7) um sistema de aviso de tsunami, cujo objetivo é disponibilizar melhores mecanismos de alerta para a retirada das pessoas. Atualmente, o sistema apenas informa a alt
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Nagoya zoo wants probe into logo made by embattled Olympic designerTue, 18 Aug 2015 11:41:00 +0200.

NAGOYA – A zoo in Nagoya has asked for a probe into the logo that 2020 Tokyo Olympics emblem designer Kenjiro Sano created for it, sources said Tuesday. The Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens requested the probe after fresh accusations w
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Onemi coordina simulacro de terremoto y tsunami en la costa del MauleTue, 18 Aug 2015 06:11:00 +0200.

Un simulacro de terremoto y tsunami se efectuará este martes 18 de agosto en las comunas costeras de la Región del Maule, a partir de las 11:00 horas, coordinado por la Onemi, todo en el marco del programa "Chile Preparado". "Hay una coordi
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),