M 6.2 in Indonesia on 18 May 2014 01:02 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 1031895
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 9.81 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.2592 , 92.7474
Event Date: 18 May 2014 01:02 UTC
18 May 2014 07:02 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 May 2014 01:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 515 | About casualties: 23 | Last hour: 0

6.0-magnitude quake hits off India's east coastThu, 22 May 2014 00:32:00 +0200.

NEW YORK, May 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted 275 km southeast of the Indian port of Paradip in the Bay of Bengal, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Wednesday. The epicenter, with a depth of 39
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Mild tremors across India as 6 degree magnitude quake strikes Bay of B ... Thu, 22 May 2014 00:32:00 +0200.

NEW DELHI, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Mild tremors of a six-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in the Bay of Bengal were felt across India including the national capital region at 09:52 p.m. local time Wednesday (15:22GMT), said meteorological
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Tremors, but not much panic in ChennaiThu, 22 May 2014 00:31:00 +0200.

Tremors following the earthquake off the coast of Paradip, Odisha, on Wednesday night, triggered more curiosity than panic among city residents. There were some panic phone calls to media o...
Séisme de magnitude 6,0 au large de l'IndeThu, 22 May 2014 00:13:00 +0200.

New Delhi (AFP) Un séisme de magnitude 6,0 a frappé mercredi au large de la côte est de l'Inde dans le golfe du Bengale, sans qu'il y ait eu d'alerte au tsunami dans l'immédiat, a annoncé l'Institut américain de géophysique (USGS). L'hypoce
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),