This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on update number 4.

• Earthquake magnitude 6M and depth 14km
• on 19/06/2012 15:56 UTC
• No people within 100km

Known identifiers for this event: usb000ajln (neicid)

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Articles: 394 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Erdbeben der Stärke 5,9 trifft die indonesische Provinz Aceh
Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:09:00 +0200   cash (de)

Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 5,9 hat am Samstag die indonesische Provinz Aceh auf der Insel Sumatra erschüttert. Das Epizentrum lag 107 Kilometer südwestlich der Stadt Medan in einer Tiefe von 97 Kilometern, wie die US-Erd...

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Aceh quake sends patients into panic
Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:13:00 +0200   JakartaPost (en)

Patients at Pirngadi General Hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, panicked after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Subulussalam, Aceh, at 11:34 a.m. on Saturday.“Patients were anxious and fleeing, trying ...

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Provinz Aceh: Schweres Erdbeben erschüttert Sumatra
Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:59:00 +0200   stern (de)

Auf der indonesischen Insel Sumatra hat erneut die Erde gebebt. Der Erdstoß hatte laut US-Erdbebenwarte eine Stärke von 5,9. Noch ist unklar, welche Schäden das Beben verursacht hat.

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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. The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: NEIC (4), EMM (1), JRC (20), (1), WMO (1), OCHA (1), INGV (1),

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