M 5.3 in Indonesia on 12 Jan 2013 17:33 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 121916
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -2.9911 , 129.808
Event Date: 12 Jan 2013 17:33 UTC
13 Jan 2013 02:33 Local
Exposed Population:
240000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Jan 2013 19:29 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000emzu Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 358 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

3D Imaging Sizes Up Volcanic Island LandslidesWed, 16 Jan 2013 17:04:00 +0100.

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Save the Children Readies to Respond to Children’s Needs Following Ace ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:16:00 +0100.

203.221.4233 (O) WESTPORT, Conn. (April 11, 2012) — Save the Children is sending two emergency assessment teams to Aceh province to assess the needs of children and family following the 8.6 earthquake that struck off the coast of Aceh, Indo
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Tokyo prepares for long-overdue 'Big One'Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:07:00 +0100.

As the two-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake approaches, people who live and work in Tokyo are taking precautions for when the long-overdue earthquake that everyone refers to as the "Big One" strikes.
Postcard from... CologneWed, 16 Jan 2013 12:03:00 +0100.

The soaring twin spires of Cologne's mighty cathedral stood tall throughout the Second World War although the ancient building, which began life in 1248, was hit no less than 70 times during allied bombing raids on the city. But now the UNE
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),