M 6.1 in Indonesia on 28 Sep 2018 07:00 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 1157732
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 18.08 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.3976 , 119.7631
Event Date: 28 Sep 2018 07:00 UTC
28 Sep 2018 15:00 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
1110000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Sep 2018 07:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000h3mf Scaled population (vector) 1.86  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 830 | About casualties: 170 | Last hour: 0

Aust gives $500k to Indonesia quake reliefTue, 02 Oct 2018 07:06:00 +0200.

Australia has given $500,000 to help victims of Indonesia's devastating earthquake and tsunami on the central Sulawesi island and more support is on its way. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the initial funds were given to the Indonesian
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Eastern Indonesia hit by 5.9-magnitude earthquakeTue, 02 Oct 2018 07:06:00 +0200.

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the east of Indonesia late on Monday, United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Tuesday, Sputnik reported. The earthquake was registered at 11:59 p.m. local time (23:59 GMT), with the tremor's epicente
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Scale of Indonesian disaster emerges but rescuers hold hope for surviv ... Tue, 02 Oct 2018 07:05:00 +0200.

A ship is seen stranded on the shore after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area in Wani, Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia October 1, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Muhammad Adimaja/ via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS
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The Latest: Survivors in Indonesian town say aid needed nowTue, 02 Oct 2018 07:05:00 +0200.

The Latest on a powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit part of central Indonesia (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Residents in the disaster-devastated Indonesian city of Donggala say people there are hungry and the central government must ur
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),