M 5 in Indonesia on 28 Mar 2016 06:21 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 1083280
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 46.37 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.0234 , 140.604
Event Date: 28 Mar 2016 06:21 UTC
28 Mar 2016 15:21 Local
Exposed Population:
193496 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Mar 2016 06:45 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: 575 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits off Japan coast; no tsunamiFri, 01 Apr 2016 05:53:00 +0200.

[TOKYO] A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's southwest coast on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but local authorities said there was no danger of a tsunami. The quake hit at 11:39 am (0239 GMT) off the coast of Japan'
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News MRT Jakarta: Digging the cityFri, 01 Apr 2016 05:52:00 +0200.

In the barely lit mouth of the tunnel hemmed in by the perfectly arching walls there was something almost gleaming ahead. As far as the eye could see, the curved tunnel looked flashy with lights installed along 300 meters. At certain angles
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Magnitude 6 Earthquake Shakes Central Japan, No Tsunami ThreatFri, 01 Apr 2016 05:51:00 +0200.

An magnitude 6 earthquake struck off the coast of central Japan at 11:39 a.m. local time today, halting bullet trains and triggering an early warning alert. No tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The te
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Un terremoto de 6,1 grados golpea el centro de Japón sin causar daños ... Fri, 01 Apr 2016 05:50:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de 6,1 grados en la escala abierta de Richter golpeó hoy la costa de la prefectura de Mie (centro de Japón) sin que la Agencia Meteorológica de Japón (JMA) haya declarado la alerta de tsunami o se hayan registrado daños importa
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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),