M 4.6 in Indonesia on 01 Jan 2017 22:58 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 1102291
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 3.9691 , 94.6069
Event Date: 01 Jan 2017 22:58 UTC
02 Jan 2017 04:58 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Jan 2017 23:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007p52 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 898 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

THERE were many ways in which people reacted when the tsunami alert wa ... Thu, 05 Jan 2017 22:41:00 +0100.

THERE were many ways in which people reacted when the tsunami alert was issued for Fiji on Wednesday. While some took the warning seriously and moved to higher ground, others continued with their normal work in various offices in the Capita
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The Brit who stayedThu, 05 Jan 2017 22:41:00 +0100.

IN a little corner of the Japanese city of Ishinomaki sits the Ishinomaki Community and Information Centre, an unassuming building surrounded by many empty lots in what was once a bustling area of the city. At the centre visitors can learn
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THE Mineral Resources Department recorded 13 aftershocks of magnitude ... Thu, 05 Jan 2017 22:11:00 +0100.

THE Mineral Resources Department recorded 13 aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale until yesterday after Wednesday's 7.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred south of Fiji, The permanent secretary for the Ministry of Lands and Min
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Terremoto oggi / Ultime scosse Abruzzo: L'Aquila, doppio sisma M 2.6 e ... Thu, 05 Jan 2017 21:46:00 +0100.

TERREMOTO OGGI IN ABRUZZO, NUOVA SCOSSA DI M 3.3 IN PROVINCIA DE L'AQUILA (DATI INGV IN TEMPO REALE, 5 GENNAIO 2017) - C'è stata una nuova scossa poco fa in provincia de L'Aquila in Abruzzo precisamente alle ore 20.52.59. Il tutto si è veri
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),