M 5.3 in Irian Jaya Region, Indonesia on 24 Dec 2014 06:02 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 1045716
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.0885 , 134.8576
Event Date: 24 Dec 2014 06:02 UTC
24 Dec 2014 15:02 Local
Exposed Population:
About 38998 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Dec 2014 06:25 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 984 | About casualties: 64 | Last hour: 0

Ten years on, tsunami dead mournedFri, 26 Dec 2014 06:41:00 +0100.

A foreign tourist visits the Ban Nam Khem tsunami memorial park wall on the tenth anniversary of the 2004 tsunami in Phang-nga province on December 26, 2014. Credit: AFP Prayers, tears and solemn visits to mass graves marked the start of co
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Prières et larmes aux commémorations du tsunami de 2004 en AsieFri, 26 Dec 2014 06:40:00 +0100.

Des prières et visites solennelles dans des fosses communes en Asie ont marqué vendredi le début des cérémonies commémoratives du dixième anniversaire du tsunami qui a fait 220.000 morts ou disparus et affecté 14 pays de l'océan Indien. Le
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Indonesien dankt der Welt für Hilfe nach dem TsunamiFri, 26 Dec 2014 06:37:00 +0100.

Banda Aceh (dpa) - Indonesien hat sich für die weltweite Hilfe nach dem verheerenden Tsunami vor zehn Jahren bedankt. Sie habe noch nie eine so außergewöhnliche Solidarität und Großzügigkeit erlebt, sagte Indonesiens Vizepräsident Jusuf Kal
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Bølgen der sendte Asien i evigt beredskabFri, 26 Dec 2014 06:35:00 +0100.

Klokken 00:58 søndag 26. december 2004 blev der registreret et undersøisk jordskælv i Det Indiske Ocean, der målte op mod 9,3 på Richter-skalaen. Skælvet blev starten på det, der udviklede sig til den mest omfattende naturkatastrofe i nyere
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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),