M 4.9 in Indonesia on 07 May 2015 16:15 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 1054091
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 13.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.3326 , 96.9426
Event Date: 07 May 2015 16:15 UTC
07 May 2015 23:15 Local
Exposed Population:
411572 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 May 2015 15:17 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 526 | About casualties: 33 | Last hour: 0

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Why Typhoon Dodong caused few deathsMon, 11 May 2015 14:03:00 +0200.

Two people have been killed in a powerful typhoon that grazed the Philippines' northeastern tip, according to authorities who said Monday that the evacuation of coastal villages and volcanic slopes averted a higher toll. Many of the thousan
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Rumbling from ocean trenches could be sign that Japan faces mega earth ... Mon, 11 May 2015 13:48:00 +0200.

Ocean bottom seismometer floating after releasing its anchor on the seafloor. Credit: Yusuke Yamashita, ERI, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan. Researchers in Japan have for the first time detected and traced shallow tremors under the ocean that could
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Two killed as powerful typhoon Noul slams north Philippines; another s ... Mon, 11 May 2015 13:25:00 +0200.

Manila: Two people have been killed in a powerful typhoon that grazed the Philippines' northeastern tip, according to authorities who said on Monday that the evacuation of coastal villages and volcanic slopes averted a higher toll. Many of
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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),