M 5.5 in Indonesia on 29 Mar 2016 09:18 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 1083346
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 56.84 Km
Lat/Lon: 2.3515 , 126.0965
Event Date: 29 Mar 2016 09:18 UTC
29 Mar 2016 17:18 Local
Exposed Population:
About 13765 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Mar 2016 09:42 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: 753 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

2000-year-old temple found underwater off Indian coastSat, 02 Apr 2016 09:06:00 +0200.

. - A decade after temple ruins were glimpsed during the 2004 Asian Tsunami, divers have now confirmed the existence of an ancient temple and possibly much more, off the Indian coast. The ruins are located close to the popular tourist des
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Puissant séisme en Alaska, mais pas d'alerte au tsunamiSat, 02 Apr 2016 09:05:00 +0200.

Un séisme de magnitude 6,2 a secoué une région peu peuplée du sud-est de l'Alaska vendredi soir, mais aucune alerte au tsunami n'a été émise, a annoncé l'Institut américain de géophysique (USGS). Le séisme a eu lieu à 21h50 vendredi (05h50
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Strong Quake Shakes Alaska, no Tsunami WarningSat, 02 Apr 2016 09:03:00 +0200.

A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated remote region of southeastern Alaska late Friday, the US Geological Survey that monitors quakes worldwide reported. The quake struck at 0550 GMT Saturday (9:50 pm Friday) some 654
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11 ComentariiSat, 02 Apr 2016 08:45:00 +0200.

De la atacuri teroriste şi până la dezastre naturale, au existat oameni capabili, aparent, să le prezică de-a lungul timpului. Până şi scufundarea Titanicului ar fi cunoscută cu 14 ani înainte de a avea loc. O scurtă listă a celor mai impre
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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),