M 4.6 in Indonesia on 26 May 2015 16:57 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 1055909
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 38.96 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.4109 , 135.7738
Event Date: 26 May 2015 16:57 UTC
27 May 2015 01:57 Local
Exposed Population:
143686 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 May 2015 20:43 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: 938 | About casualties: 37 | Last hour: 0

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Ein starkes Erdbeben hat den Raum Tokio erschüttert, verlief jedoch glimpflich. Die Meteorologische Behörde Japans gab die Stärke mit 8,5 an. Die US-Erdbebenwarte USGS sprach dagegen von 7,8, ebenso die Experten vom Potsdamer Geoforschungsz
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Terremoto in Giappone, nessuna allerta tsunamiSat, 30 May 2015 16:51:00 +0200.

Un terremoto di magnitudo 8,5 ha colpito il Giappone alle 20.24 locali (le 13.24 ora italiana), con epicentro vicino a Ogasawara, un’isola del Pacifico a mille chilometri da Tokyo. Ma la Japan meteorological agency non ha lanciato l’allarme
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Adâncimea mare a cutremurului din Japonia a diminuat pericolul de tsun ... Sat, 30 May 2015 16:50:00 +0200.

5 afişări Externe Cutremurul cu magnitudinea de 8,5 grade care a lovit sâmbătă largul coastei de est a Japoniei, zguduind clădirile din Tokyo, nu a produs daune și nu a creat pericol de tsunami deoarece a fost extrem de profund, producându-
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Espectacular erupción de un volcán hace evacuar una isla japonesaSat, 30 May 2015 16:49:00 +0200.

Un volcán que entró ayer en erupción con una espectacular explosión obligó evacuar presurosamente a los habitantes de una lejana isla japonesa. El Shindake expulsó una nube de cenizas a hasta nueve kilómetros de distancia, según se veía en
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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),