M 4.9 in Indonesia on 18 Jan 2017 10:51 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 1103475
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -6.879 , 105.4603
Event Date: 18 Jan 2017 10:51 UTC
18 Jan 2017 17:51 Local
Exposed Population:
2000000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Jan 2017 11:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
us10007twu 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: 1011 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

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Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 7,9 grade s-a produs duminica dimineata in Papua Noua Guinee, a anuntat Institutul America de Geologie (USGS), transmite AFP. UPDATE Alerta de tsunami emisa imediat dupa cutremur a fost retrasa, informeaza Reu
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Quake off PNG causes damage, no tsunamiSun, 22 Jan 2017 10:32:00 +0100.

The United States Geological Survey downgraded the Sunday afternoon quake from an initial measurement of magnitude 8. It struck some 47km west of Arawa on the north coast of Bougainville Island at a depth of 154km, the USGS reported. No cas
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Entwarnung vor Tsunami: Erdbeben erschüttert Salomonen-Inseln und Papu ... Sun, 22 Jan 2017 10:31:00 +0100.

Die Region rund um die Salomonen und Papua-Neuguinea wurde von einem Erdbeben erschüttert. Vor einem Tsunami konnte der Katastrophenschutz aber Entwarnung geben. Sydney - Ein schweres Erdbeben der Stärke 7,9 hat die Region um die Inselgrup
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Pedagang Pasar Senen Berjualan di Bahu JalanSun, 22 Jan 2017 10:27:00 +0100.

Foto News Pedagang Pasar Senen Berjualan di Bahu Jalan DETIKPHOTO | Minggu 22 Jan 2017, 16:11 WIB Kebakaran Pasar Senen membuat para pedagang kehilangan kios. Mereka pun kini terpaksa berjualan di bahu jalan. Foto News Kampanye Ayo Membaca
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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.
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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),