M 4.6 in Indonesia on 20 Dec 2015 01:08 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 1076400
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 70.11 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.4873 , 100.5009
Event Date: 20 Dec 2015 01:08 UTC
20 Dec 2015 08:08 Local
Exposed Population:
2181609 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Dec 2015 01:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
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: 224 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Japonezul refugiat în Bacău după dezastrul de la Fukushima a mai bătut ... Wed, 23 Dec 2015 23:21:00 +0100.

Japonezul Kevin Chievici Kasiwazaki (16 ani), elev în clasa a IX-a la Colegiul Vasile Alecsandri din Bacău, îşi uimeşte profesorii şi colegii cu uşurinţa cu care a deprins limba română, dar şi cu pasiunea sa faţă de istorie. Sâmbătă, a câşt
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Lakeville to offer new high school class on natural disastersWed, 23 Dec 2015 22:58:00 +0100.

That's the concept behind a new course offering at both Lakeville high schools next year. Called The Science of Natural Disasters, the course's teachers will not only use the all-too-real topic of natural disasters to interest students in s
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Mkuu wa UNISDR akaribisha siku ya kimataifa ya kelimisha kuhusu tsunam ... Wed, 23 Dec 2015 21:44:00 +0100.

Uamuzi wa baraza kuu la Umoja wa mataifa kutambua na kutenga siku ambayo itachagiza na kuelimisha umma kuhusu tsunami utasaidia kuweka msukumo katika njia za kupunguza majanga ya asili nay ale yanayosababishwa na binadamu. Hiyo ni tathimini
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Un terremoto de 5,5 sacude la región chilena de AntofagastaWed, 23 Dec 2015 20:45:00 +0100.

El seísmo se ha producido a 72 kilómetros de la localidad de Socaire a una profundidad de 219 kilómetros y a unos 1.500 kilómetros de Santiago de Chile. Según la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (ONEMI), no se han registrado daños a personas,
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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),