M 4.9 in Indonesia on 20 Aug 2016 11:07 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 1092214
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 59.97 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.9649 , 102.8841
Event Date: 20 Aug 2016 11:07 UTC
20 Aug 2016 18:07 Local
Exposed Population:
207687 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Aug 2016 11:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006fe1 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 586 | About casualties: 38 | Last hour: 0

At least 20 dead as strong earthquake hits central Italy, brings down ... Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:03:00 +0200.

ACCUMOLI, Italy (Reuters) – An earthquake devastated a string of mountainous towns over a swathe of central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents under hills of rubble, with at least 20 people believed killed and many missing. The qu
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Quake devastates mountain towns in central Italy, at least 20 believed ... Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:01:00 +0200.

ACCUMOLI, Italy An earthquake devastated a string of mountainous towns over a swathe of central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents under hills of rubble, with at least 20 people believed killed and many missing. The quake struck i
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Quake devastates mountain towns in central Italy, at least 20 believed ... Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:58:00 +0200.

The quake struck in the early hours of the morning when most people were asleep, razing homes and buckling roads in a cluster of towns and villages some 140 km (85 miles) east of Rome. The emergency services released an aerial photograph sh
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Quake devastates mountain towns in central Italy, at least 20 believed ... Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:58:00 +0200.

An earthquake devastated a string of mountainous towns over a swathe of central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents under hills of rubble, with at least 20 people believed killed and many missing. The quake struck in the early hour
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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),