M 4.6 in Indonesia on 13 Feb 2016 19:59 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 1080572
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 87.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.4205 , 126.4824
Event Date: 13 Feb 2016 19:59 UTC
14 Feb 2016 03:59 Local
Exposed Population:
About 22325 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Feb 2016 23:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 495 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

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LONDON A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia at 1726 GMT (1326 ET) on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the earthquake was 110 miles (178 km) east of Ternate in the Moluccas and about 25 miles (41 km
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off IndonesiaWed, 17 Feb 2016 19:09:00 +0100.

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia this afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the earthquake was 110 miles east of Ternate in the Moluccas and about 25 miles deep, the USGS said. See our Comments Pol
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off Indonesia - USGSWed, 17 Feb 2016 19:01:00 +0100.

LONDON (Reuters) - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia at 1726 GMT (1326 ET) on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the earthquake was 110 miles (178 km) east of Ternate in the Moluccas and about 25
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«Desastres naturales»: Nueve de diez es culpa del cambio climáticoWed, 17 Feb 2016 18:07:00 +0100.

Hemos atravesado el año más caluroso jamás registrado. Unas 98,6 millones de personas se vieron afectadas por desastres en 2015 y el clima, ayudado por un fuerte fenómeno de El Niño, fue un factor en el 92 por ciento de casos, dijo el direc
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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),