M 4.5 in Indonesia on 19 May 2016 15:29 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 1086564
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 47.65 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.7891 , 131.5759
Event Date: 19 May 2016 15:29 UTC
20 May 2016 00:29 Local
Exposed Population:
About 27074 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 May 2016 21:15 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 533 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

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BEIJING, 23 mai (Xinhua) -- Devant la mairie du village d'Iidate, dans la préfecture japonaise de Fukushima (nord-est), se tient un appareil de mesure précise des radiations. Sur son écran figure un chiffre en rouge : 0,38 microsievert/heur
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Africa: 10 Things You Should Know About Women & the World's Humanitari ... Mon, 23 May 2016 14:52:00 +0200.

United Nations The world is currently facing its worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, due to conflicts, persecutions and natural disasters intensified by climate change. And tens of millions still living in their homes or displa
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Mega-tsunamis sculpted Mars surface: studyMon, 23 May 2016 14:31:00 +0200.

The findings, based on geological mapping, could provide new clues in the search for life. They also bolster the theory that massive floods 3.4 billion years ago transformed Mars' northern lowlands into a sprawling ocean, the study said. So
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Fukushima’s lesson: Better real-time monitoring of spent fuel pools is ... Mon, 23 May 2016 14:14:00 +0200.

The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident should serve as a wake-up call to nuclear plant operators and regulators on the critical importance of measuring, maintaining, and restoring cooling in spent fuel pools during severe accidents and
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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),