M 5 in Indonesia on 26 May 2015 16:38 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 1055907
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 49.79 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.3994 , 135.6013
Event Date: 26 May 2015 16:38 UTC
27 May 2015 01:38 Local
Exposed Population:
About 54659 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 May 2015 19:35 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: 931 | About casualties: 43 | Last hour: 0

Japan opgeschrikt door flinke aardbevingSat, 30 May 2015 16:35:00 +0200.

Het epicentrum van de beving lag op circa 200 km van de Japanse Bonin-eilanden. De beving had een kracht van 8,5 op magnitudeschaal, zo meldt Japan Today. Maar de Amerikaanse Geologische Dienst spreekt van een beving met een kracht van 7,8.
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Un terremoto se registrado en el Pacífico a unos 900 kilómetros de Tok ... Sat, 30 May 2015 16:35:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 7.8 golpeó este sábado una zona del Pacífico cercana a la costa este de Japón, informó el Instituto Geológico estadounidense (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés), aunque los expertos del centro que vigila el riesgo de t
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Un terremoto de 8,5 grados en alta mar golpea Japón sin alerta de tsun ... Sat, 30 May 2015 16:33:00 +0200.

Tokio.- Un terremoto de 8,5 grados Richter con epicentro en alta mar golpeó hoy casi todo Japón sin que se activara la alerta de tsunami y sin que se hayan registrado daños materiales o personales graves, según informaron las autoridades ni
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Massive earthquake in Japan poses no threat to Taiwan: CWBSat, 30 May 2015 16:33:00 +0200.

Taipei, May 30 (CNA) A magnitude 8.5 earthquake that hit eastern Japan at 7:24 p.m. Saturday is unlikely to affect Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) reported that day. The epicenter of the temblor was too deep to cause a tsunami, acc
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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),