M 5.9 in Indonesia on 26 Feb 2020 07:33 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 1208001
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 61.16 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.5625 , 131.1195
Event Date: 26 Feb 2020 07:33 UTC
26 Feb 2020 16:33 Local
Exposed Population: About 14000 people in MMI
About 74000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Feb 2020 07:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us600084gu Scaled population (raster) 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: 80 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Moderate quake jolts eastern IndonesiaSat, 29 Feb 2020 11:48:00 +0100.

JAKARTA, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- A 5.5-magnitude quake struck off North Maluku province in the eastern part of Indonesia on Saturday, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said. The quake jolted at 4:28 p.m. Jakarta time (0928 GMT)
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Moderate quake jolts eastern IndonesiaSat, 29 Feb 2020 11:45:00 +0100.

JAKARTA, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- A 5.5-magnitude quake struck off North Maluku province in the eastern part of Indonesia on Saturday, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said. The quake jolted at 4:28 p.m. Jakarta time (0928 GMT)
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13 Disasters That Might Threaten the World in 2020Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:26:00 +0100.

3. Lake Toba supervolcano is also a sleeping giant Source: Klim Levene/Flickr Yellowstone is not the only sleeping giant volcano on the planet. Lake Toba in Indonesia also sits on top of an enormous supervolcano. It last erupted about 74-75
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5.7 magnitude quake hits North Sulawesi's TahunaFri, 28 Feb 2020 03:14:00 +0100.

. 32 minutes ago Jakarta (ANTARA) - An earthquake of 5.7 magnitude hit Tahuna in Sangihe Islands, North Sulawesi Province, early Friday, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said. The earthquake which broke out at 2:13
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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),