M 4.7 in Indonesia on 20 Jan 2015 05:21 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 1047145
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 36.77 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.061 , 117.7121
Event Date: 20 Jan 2015 05:21 UTC
20 Jan 2015 13:21 Local
Exposed Population:
667769 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Jan 2015 05:43 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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: 358 | About casualties: 33 | Last hour: 0

IHIT investigating after death at Whistler hotel after altercationTue, 20 Jan 2015 19:34:00 +0100.

The Arbutus Drill Cover is an innovative approach to developing a pipeline of affordable, world-class medical devices. The Arbutus Drill Cover allows surgeons to safely use a low-cost hardware drill within a clean surgical environment actin
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Sismo de 5,2 grados Richter se registró en el norte del paísTue, 20 Jan 2015 19:25:00 +0100.

La Onemi informó que el sismo no reúne las características para producir un tsunami en la Región de Antofagasta. por C. Díaz - 20/01/2015 - 14:50. A las 14:30 horas se produjo un sismo de mediana intensidad en la Región de Antofagasta con
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Sismo 5,4º afectó a la Región de AntofagastaTue, 20 Jan 2015 19:21:00 +0100.

Pasado las 14:30 horas un temblor alertó a los ciudadanos de la Región de Antofagasta. Sismología lo estableció en 5,4º Richter y el SHOA descartó alerta de tsunami. A eso de las 14:35 horas de este martes un sismo de mediana intensidad ale
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It's party time in once-devastated Ofunato Bay as 'yakatabune' prepare ... Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:13:00 +0100.

OFUNATO, Iwate Prefecture--As a fun and lively symbol of recovery, a traditional "yakatabune" roofed party boat will soon set sail around Ofunato Bay, which was devastated by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake nearly four
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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),