M 5.5 in Indonesia on 16 Jan 2016 23:22 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 1078726
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 46.44 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.8632 , 127.2288
Event Date: 16 Jan 2016 23:22 UTC
17 Jan 2016 08:22 Local
Exposed Population:
194432 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Jan 2016 23:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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: 386 | About casualties: 63 | Last hour: 0

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Emergency planners plan for deadly 'Big One' earthquakeWed, 20 Jan 2016 21:19:00 +0100.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As military helicopters ferry search and rescue teams over the Pacific Northwest, below them are scenes of devastation from a giant earthquake that could strike the region at any time. Tsunami waters surge through coas
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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),