M 5.1 in Indonesia on 12 Aug 2016 08:30 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 1091708
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 68.28 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.5606 , 104.9132
Event Date: 12 Aug 2016 08:30 UTC
12 Aug 2016 15:30 Local
Exposed Population:
536827 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Aug 2016 08:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006d92 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: 407 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

¿Qué debe contener una mochila de emergencia?Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:05:00 +0200.

El terremoto que remeció esta noche el norte de y la masiva evacuación de la población en la zona costera del país sureño tras la alerta de tsunami, evidencia que un desastre natural puede desatar su furia en el momento que menos esperamos.
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Indonesia airlines cleared to fly to US after safety upgradeTue, 16 Aug 2016 05:54:00 +0200.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The U.S. aviation regulator has upgraded Indonesia's safety rating, clearing the way for its airlines to fly to North America after nearly a decade of being barred. The Federal Aviation Administration said its asse
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Indonesia's Sampoerna Agro fined record sum for 2014 forest firesTue, 16 Aug 2016 05:41:00 +0200.

JAKARTA - Indonesian plantation company Sampoerna Agro is considering how to respond to a recent court ruling that handed down the country's largest ever fine to a company linked to forest fires, a company official said on Monday. "We're st
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DVBBS at GuabaTue, 16 Aug 2016 05:25:00 +0200.

Canadian electronic duo DVBBS are two brothers who know how to put on a show. Endless energy, banging tracks and a performance like no other. They fell in love with Guaba since the first time they came to Cyprus, two years ago, and Guabians
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),