M 4.6 in Indonesia on 21 Mar 2016 02:25 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 1082896
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 78.15 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.578 , 105.3558
Event Date: 21 Mar 2016 02:25 UTC
21 Mar 2016 09:25 Local
Exposed Population:
2144332 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2016 02:48 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 611 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Arturo Salah: "La situación del fútbol chileno ha sido un terremoto"Fri, 25 Mar 2016 00:49:00 +0100.

En entrevista con Mega, el presidente de la ANFP Arturo Salah reconoció estar muy ansioso en el primer partido que vive como timonel del fútbol chileno y analizó el cotejo que La Roja sostendrá ante Argentina. La ansiedad que siente, a juic
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Union chief Heath List STOLE members’ cash to fund a luxury lifeFri, 25 Mar 2016 00:08:00 +0100.

EPA Tony Brooks Mr List wrote 283 cheques to himself and family members Heath List, 49, used his position with Unite to write 283 cheques to himself, family members and utility companies over six years. He then used the swindled cash to spl
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Die evangelische Landeskirche will den Wiederaufbau der ...Thu, 24 Mar 2016 23:35:00 +0100.

Mitteilung von presseportal.de: Cottbus (ots) - Die Vorwürfe sind erheblich: Könnten die Opfer des Nationalsozialistischen Untergrunds noch leben, wenn in der Brandenburger Innenverwaltung alles mit rechten Dingen zugegangen wäre? Vieles de
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National › Family of girl killed in tsunami win damages over improper ... Thu, 24 Mar 2016 23:27:00 +0100.

SENDAI. The Sendai District Court on Thursday ordered a city in northeastern Japan to pay about 26.5 million yen in damages to the family of a 9-year-old girl who died in the 2011 tsunami disaster, citing improper guidance by the school. Th
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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),