M 4.5 in Indonesia on 20 May 2014 15:05 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 1032026
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 13.49 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.2728 , 122.848
Event Date: 20 May 2014 15:05 UTC
20 May 2014 23:05 Local
Exposed Population:
1241445 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 May 2014 16:12 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 350 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

Six Flags St. Louis' New Tsunami Soaker Delivers a Spinning, Spraying ... Fri, 23 May 2014 02:50:00 +0200.

EUREKA, Mo., May 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The newest family thrill at Six Flags St. Louis, Tsunami Soaker, spun into action today. This spinning, spraying water adventure is the first of its kind in the park, bringing yet another unique exp
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Six Flags St. Louis' New Tsunami Soaker Delivers a Spinning, Spraying ... Fri, 23 May 2014 02:46:00 +0200.

EUREKA, Mo., May 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The newest family thrill at Six Flags St. Louis, Tsunami Soaker , spun into action today. This spinning, spraying water adventure is the first of its kind in the park, bringing yet another unique ex
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Tepco to sell power beyond its core areasThu, 22 May 2014 23:35:00 +0200.

May 23, 2014 1:13 AM [TOKYO] In the latest sign that a shake-up in Japan's power industry following the Fukushima nuclear disaster may be taking hold, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said yesterday that it plans to sell electricity outside
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Kolkata lucky to escape a tsunami-like disasterThu, 22 May 2014 23:12:00 +0200.

It is probably the strike-slip movement of the tectonic plates and the depth of the fault that prevented a potentially devastating tsunami from striking the eastern coast on Wednesday night.

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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),