M 4.8 in Indonesia on 04 Nov 2015 14:18 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 1071139
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 66.49 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.4164 , 127.8573
Event Date: 04 Nov 2015 14:18 UTC
04 Nov 2015 23:18 Local
Exposed Population:
538946 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Nov 2015 06:48 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 616 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude strikes south of Sibolga, Indonesia-USGSSun, 08 Nov 2015 14:12:00 +0100.

Nov 8 (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude struck 107 km south of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was 75.1 km (46.66 miles) deep. (Reporting by Himani Sarkar, editing by William
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Terremoto de 6,1 grados en IndonesiaSun, 08 Nov 2015 14:09:00 +0100.

08 de Noviembre de 2015 09:32 Terremoto de 6,1 grados en Indonesia. Por ANSA YAKARTA. Un terremoto de 6,1 grados de magnitud sacudió hoy la isla de Sumatra, oeste de Indonesia, informó el Instituto Geológico estadounidense (USGS). El organ
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Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude strikes south of Sibolga, Indonesia-USGSSun, 08 Nov 2015 14:05:00 +0100.

Nov 8 (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude struck 107 km south of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was 75.1 km (46.66 miles) deep. (Reporting by Himani Sarkar, editing by William
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Un terremoto de magnitud 6,1 sacude la isla de Sumatra, en IndonesiaSun, 08 Nov 2015 14:03:00 +0100.

Foto AFP Internacionales Un terremoto de magnitud 6,1 grados sacudió la mañana de este domingo la isla de Sumatra, en el oeste de Indonesia, sin que las autoridades declarasen una alerta de tsunami o informado de víctimas. El hipocentro de
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),