M 5 in Indonesia on 03 Dec 2016 22:48 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 1099937
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 74.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 3.487 , 96.7067
Event Date: 03 Dec 2016 22:48 UTC
04 Dec 2016 05:48 Local
Exposed Population:
695315 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Dec 2016 23:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10007epp 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: 532 | About casualties: 116 | Last hour: 0

Declaraciones de Rosario Murillo (07/12/2016) (Texto íntegro)Wed, 07 Dec 2016 22:40:00 +0100.

de nuestro País. Y las Familias nicaragüenses privilegiando ese Espíritu de Fe, Familia y Comunidad; privilegiando el Sentido de Hogar, los Valores de Familia, los Valores Cristianos; privilegiando la Unidad por el Bien Común; privilegiando
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Search for survivors gets desperateWed, 07 Dec 2016 22:28:00 +0100.

The shallow 6.5-magnitude quake hit off Aceh province on Indonesia’s Sumatra island at 5.03am Wednesday local time, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. There was no tsunami alert. At least 97 people died and four were pulled from the rubb
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Aceh quake toll likely to riseWed, 07 Dec 2016 22:24:00 +0100.

Death and injury tolls from the 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the Sumatran province of Aceh yesterday are expected to rise as rescuers race against time to find survivors trapped under hundreds of collapsed buildings. At least 94 peo
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Hospitals struggling to cope as supplies run outWed, 07 Dec 2016 22:24:00 +0100.

Meureudu, a small town in Pidie Jaya regency, was the focus of rescue efforts after a massive 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Aceh province yesterday. Hundreds of local residents were seen on live TV digging through the debris of a collapsed b
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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),