M 6.3 in Indonesia on 01 Dec 2018 13:27 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 1163915
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 140.61 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.403 , 128.7097
Event Date: 01 Dec 2018 13:27 UTC
01 Dec 2018 22:27 Local
Exposed Population: About 2000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Dec 2018 13:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us1000hzjp Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -1.73 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.79      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.96      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 230 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

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A 7.5 magnitude quake has struck close to New Caledonia in the Pacific, with a tsunami alert issued for coasts within 1,000km (620 miles). Tsunami waves have now been observed, monitors reported. The quake struck at a depth of 10km at 04:18
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New Caledonia's quake-triggered tsunami alert liftedWed, 05 Dec 2018 10:49:00 +0100.

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images. A tsunami warning in New Caledonia - triggered by a powerful earthquake in the Pacific - has now been lifted. There have been no reports of injuries or damage in the French overseas territory, officials say
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Powerful earthquake in New Caledonia is followed by tsunami warningWed, 05 Dec 2018 10:38:00 +0100.

A powerful earthquake registering 7.5 on the Richter scale hit New Caledonia in the Pacific in the early hours of this morning. This was followed by a tsunami warning for the coast at a distance of 1000 kms. It is being reported that tsunam
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Tsunami alert after New Caledonia earthquakeWed, 05 Dec 2018 08:43:00 +0100.

A 7.5 magnitude quake has struck close to New Caledonia in the Pacific, with a tsunami alert issued for coasts within 1,000km (620 miles). Tsunami waves have now been observed, monitors reported. The quake struck at a depth of 10km at 04:18
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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 (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),