M 4.8 in Indonesia on 28 Aug 2016 12:42 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 1092806
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 70.06 Km
Lat/Lon: -9.0992 , 119.4104
Event Date: 28 Aug 2016 12:42 UTC
28 Aug 2016 20:42 Local
Exposed Population:
1089159 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Aug 2016 13:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us20006usv 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: 1014 | About casualties: 74 | Last hour: 0

Tajfun poharao Japan, 11 mrtvihThu, 01 Sep 2016 12:29:00 +0200.

Odsječeno je osam općina u prefekturi Iwate, kazali su lokalni dužnosnici u regiji pogođenoj tajfunom Lionrock koji je ovaj tjedan ubio 11 osoba. Deset je žrtava u gradu Iwaizumi, objavila je agencija Kyodo. Grad je izgubio kontakt sa 17 sv
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Llegan a 11 los muertos y 21 los desaparecidos por el huracán Lionrock ... Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:22:00 +0200.

Una de las localidades más afectadas fue la de Iwaizumi, en la prefectura de Iwate, donde fallecieron nueve ancianos que quedaron atrapados en la residencia donde estaban internados por las aguas al desbordarse un río cercano y donde hoy co
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Tajfun poharao Japan: Ubio je 11 ljudi, mnoge su evakuiraliThu, 01 Sep 2016 11:58:00 +0200.

Ruralna područja sjevernog Japana s 1600 stanovnika odsječena su u četvrtak pošto je snažni tajfun Lionrock prouzročio odrone tla i poplave s dosad najmanje deset žrtava, a sa 17 osoba izgubljen je kontakt. Odsječeno je osam općina u prefek
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Smrtonosni tajfun nad Japanom: 11 žrtavaThu, 01 Sep 2016 11:58:00 +0200.

Ruralna područja sjevernog Japana s 1600 stanovnika odsječena su u četvrtak poto je snažni tajfun Lionrock prouzročio odrone tla i poplave s dosad najmanje deset žrtava, a sa 17 osoba izgubljen je kontakt. Odsječeno je osam općina u prefekt
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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),