M 4.5 in Indonesia on 21 May 2015 13:48 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 1055465
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 30.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.8715 , 96.9833
Event Date: 21 May 2015 13:48 UTC
21 May 2015 20:48 Local
Exposed Population:
258822 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 May 2015 15:19 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: 691 | About casualties: 25 | Last hour: 0

Un terremoto de 5,6 grados golpea la región de Tokio sin alerta de tsu ... Mon, 25 May 2015 13:36:00 +0200.

Tokio, 25 may (EFE).- Un terremoto de 5,6 grados de magnitud en la escala abierta de Richter golpeó hoy la región donde se asienta Tokio, sin que se activara la alerta de tsunami, aunque la agencia meteorológica nipona ha advertido de posib
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Japan underestimated Fukushima tsunami risk: IAEAMon, 25 May 2015 13:29:00 +0200.

IAEA concluded in its report on the accident -- obtained and made public on Monday by Kyodo news agency -- that "the Fukushima Daiichi NPP had some weaknesses which were not fully evaluated by a probabilistic safety assessment, as recommend
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Duda to szansa dla polskiej gospodarka - szansa na dobrą zmianęMon, 25 May 2015 13:26:00 +0200.

Polacy zaczęli wyciągać wnioski z lat pogardy i zamiatania afer pod dywan. Niemożliwe stało się możliwe, najwyraźniej Polacy zaczęli wyciągać wnioski z ostatnich 8-miu lat pogardy i zamiatania kolejnych afer pod dywan. Najwyraźniej mają już
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Terremoto de magnitude 5,6 atinge leste do Japão; sem alerta de tsunam ... Mon, 25 May 2015 13:09:00 +0200.

TÓQUIO (Reuters) - Um terremoto de magnitude preliminar 5,6 balançou prédios em Tóquio e arredores nesta segunda-feira, mas não houve alerta de tsunami, informou a Agência Meteorológica do Japão. O tremor teve epicentro na prefeitura de Iba
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),