M 6.6 in Indonesia on 19 Oct 2016 00:26 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 1095986
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 614 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.9174 , 108.1603
Event Date: 19 Oct 2016 00:26 UTC
19 Oct 2016 07:26 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Oct 2016 01:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us20007f7j Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  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: 863 | About casualties: 31 | Last hour: 0

Everest's first woman climber Junko Tabei dies at 77Sat, 22 Oct 2016 23:43:00 +0200.

The first woman to ascend Everest, Japanese climber Junko Tabei, has died aged 77, her family say. Tabei conquered Everest in May 1975, aged 35, before climbing all of the world's seven highest peaks by 1992. She was diagnosed with cancer o
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Truckers face tough road for staying healthySat, 22 Oct 2016 23:30:00 +0200.

That driver barrelling down the highway in a truck weighing up to 63,500 kilograms could suffer from a weight problem that’s making him sleepy. While obesity and drowsiness aren’t concerns only for truckers, people who drive for a living fa
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Washington state’s plan for megaquake ‘grossly inadequate,’ review fin ... Sat, 22 Oct 2016 23:09:00 +0200.

The largest disaster drill ever conducted in the Pacific Northwest found that, despite decades of warnings, the region remains dangerously unprepared to deal with a Cascadia megaquake and tsunami. During the four-day “Cascadia Rising” exerc
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Fatal accident more...Sat, 22 Oct 2016 22:29:00 +0200.

Fatal accident. YAOUNDE - Fifty-three people were killed and nearly 300 injured on Friday when a packed passenger train travelling between Cameroon's two largest cities derailed and overturned, the transportation minister said. Edgar Alain
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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 (81), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),