M 5.7 in Indonesia on 23 Oct 2015 22:03 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 1070029
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.1671 , 138.2206
Event Date: 23 Oct 2015 22:03 UTC
24 Oct 2015 07:03 Local
Exposed Population: 120000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Oct 2015 22:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 437 | About casualties: 34 | Last hour: 0

Bengal's ham radio operators to help Afghan quake affectedTue, 27 Oct 2015 20:09:00 +0100.

After playing a significant role in the rescue operations during the devastating earthquake in Nepal earlier this year, a group of ham radio operators from West Bengal is all set to fly to Afghanistan to provide a similar service. Awaiting
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Excesiva radiación recibió el personal en Fukushima 2011Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:06:00 +0100.

Cerca del 40% de los militares, bomberos y policías que participaron en las tareas de evacuación luego del accidente nuclear de Fukushima de 2011 recibió dosis de radiación superior al límite anual recomendado, reveló el Gobierno nipón. El
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Otorgan terreno para reubicar jardín infantil de Tongoy afectado por T ... Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:46:00 +0100.

Un terreno de casi 8 mil m 2 fue entregado por el Ministerio de Bienes Nacionales a Fundación Integra para la reconstrucción del jardín infantil Perlitas de Ostión, de Tongoy, que resultó dañado tras el tsunami que prosiguió al terremoto de
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Tsunami-vulnerable towns grapple with how to save livesTue, 27 Oct 2015 19:31:00 +0100.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bracing for a tsunami like the one that devastated Japanese communities during a 2011 mega-earthquake, coastal communities from British Columbia to California have been grappling with how to protect people from a simil
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),