M 6.9 in Indonesia on 09 Dec 2015 10:21 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 1075206
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 33.88 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.1181 , 129.4776
Event Date: 09 Dec 2015 10:21 UTC
09 Dec 2015 19:21 Local
Exposed Population: About 65000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Dec 2015 10:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 370 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

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Detenciones de mayo fueron un “tsunami”Sun, 13 Dec 2015 07:44:00 +0100.

AFP / Tokio El presidente dimisionario de la FIFA, Joseph Blatter, actualmente suspendido 90 días, declaró que la detención en mayo de siete dirigentes del fútbol mundial fue "un tsunami” sin señal de alarma, en una entrevista a un periódic
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Will Bay of Bengal transform into a Bay of hope or fear?Sun, 13 Dec 2015 05:58:00 +0100.

By I. Ramamohan Rao. New Delhi, Dec. 13 (ANI): The world is becoming increasingly aware of the impact of climate change, and India is no exception. During the last few weeks, Chennai and a large section of landmass on the east coast experie
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The Netherlands: The safest delta in the worldSun, 13 Dec 2015 05:06:00 +0100.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - Anti-storm barriers, 17,500km of dykes and dunes and a spirit of constant innovation to hold back the seas. These are some of the key ingredients which allow the Netherlands to boast that it is the "world's safest delta".
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),