M 4.8 in Indonesia on 20 Dec 2015 02:48 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 1076407
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 28.13 Km
Lat/Lon: 2.5478 , 95.8997
Event Date: 20 Dec 2015 02:48 UTC
20 Dec 2015 09:48 Local
Exposed Population:
About 90075 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Dec 2015 03:09 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: 331 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Japan Coast Guard plans system to control vessel traffic in bays durin ... Thu, 24 Dec 2015 01:45:00 +0100.

The Japan Coast Guard plans to introduce a new system allowing it to control maritime traffic in crowded bays in times of tsunami disasters to prevent collisions and chaos, Coast Guard sources said Wednesday. The Coast Guard will seek revis
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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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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),