M 4.6 in Indonesia on 12 Feb 2017 00:20 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 1105349
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 61.57 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.8813 , 102.9002
Event Date: 12 Feb 2017 00:20 UTC
12 Feb 2017 07:20 Local
Exposed Population:
240000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Feb 2017 00:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008j92 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 392 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

La vida que llegó con el tsunamiWed, 15 Feb 2017 23:58:00 +0100.

Los colapsos de grandes laderas, tradicionalmente asociados a la geología de los archipiélagos volcánicos (como Hawai, Cabo Verde o Canarias), son capaces de desplazar en cuestión de segundos cientos o miles de kilómetros cúbicos de terreno
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A community treasure endangeredWed, 15 Feb 2017 22:55:00 +0100.

The survival of one of our most treasured cultural institutions is at imminent risk. For more than 20 years, Tsunami Books has served our community with new and used books, artistic and musical performances, poetry slams and open discussion
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Qatar Metrology Department urges residents to ignore...Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:22:00 +0100.

Doha: Qatar Metrology Department has urged residents to not pay heed to social media rumours of tsunami hitting a GCC country. Please follow latest warnings regarding the current unstable weather situation via our official social media acco
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ShelterBox NZ announces new Vice Regal PatronWed, 15 Feb 2017 20:37:00 +0100.

ShelterBox New Zealand is delighted and honoured to announce that Her Excellency The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, GNZM, QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand, has graciously accepted an invitation to become our Vice-Regal Patron. Dame
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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),