M 5.6 in Indonesia on 02 Oct 2018 04:49 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 1158089
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 20.71 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.4747 , 120.1211
Event Date: 02 Oct 2018 04:49 UTC
02 Oct 2018 12:49 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
230000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Oct 2018 05:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000h5h5 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 3389 | About casualties: 510 | Last hour: 0

Continua retirada de cadáveres una semana después del terremoto en Ind ... Sat, 06 Oct 2018 04:45:00 +0200.

Palu, Indonesia.- Las sirenas de las ambulancias que transportan los cuerpos sepultados se escuchaban hoy sin cesar en las calles de Palu, la ciudad más afectada por el terremoto y tsunami que golpeó hace una semana la isla indonesia de Cél
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Indonesia: Death toll rises to 1,571 in a weekSat, 06 Oct 2018 04:43:00 +0200.

By Hayati Nupus. JAKARTA, Indonesia. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) on Friday said the death toll from the 7.4-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia's Sulawesi Island last week has risen to 1,571. Sutopo Purwo
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Indonesia death toll could rise drastically, as aid starts to arriveSat, 06 Oct 2018 04:30:00 +0200.

UK and Indonesian Aid being loaded onto an RAF A400M aircraft in Jakarta, Indonesia, bound for Balikpapan to be distributed to the earthquake and tsunami hit island of Sulawesi. Friday October 5, 2018. Credit: Ministry Of Defence/PA M ore
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Ascienden a 1,424 los muertos por el seísmo y el tsunami en IndonesiaSat, 06 Oct 2018 04:30:00 +0200.

Las autoridades de Indonesia elevaron hoy a 1,424 la cifra de víctimas mortales que causó el terremoto de magnitud 7,5 y el posterior tsunami que golpearon el norte de la isla de Célebes el pasado viernes.

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),