M 5.3 in Indonesia on 17 Feb 2017 11:21 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 1105787
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 40.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.4622 , 140.0246
Event Date: 17 Feb 2017 11:21 UTC
17 Feb 2017 20:21 Local
Exposed Population:
460000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Feb 2017 11:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us20008kez Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 450 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Seit sechs Jahren gespaltenTue, 21 Feb 2017 10:58:00 +0100.

und die Energiestrategie ist eine Geschichte des Zwiespaltes. Die Partei hat es über all die Jahre versäumt, eine freisinnige Energiepolitik in der Partei so abzustützen, dass eine einheitliche Haltung zur Energiestrategie entstanden wäre.
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Cutremur de 7,4 grade în Papua Noua GuineeTue, 21 Feb 2017 10:51:00 +0100.

Seismul a avut loc în această dimineață, la aproximativ 130 de kilometri în apele teritoriale ale țării, fiind emisă o avertizare privind producerea unor tsunami, potrivit Associated Press. Cutremurul, cu magnitudinea de 7,4, a avut loc la
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¿Cómo contribuyen las compañías chilenas en tiempos de catástrofe?Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:07:00 +0100.

Enfocarse en los colaboradores, poner a disposición sus recursos y ayudar desde sus posibilidades, son algunas de las fórmulas más comunes con las que las empresas chilenas hacen frente a las catástrofes, ya sean terremotos, tsunamis o más
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Fukushima: „Normalität“ in der SperrzoneTue, 21 Feb 2017 09:49:00 +0100.

21.02.2017 Fukushima: Normalität“ in der Sperrzone Japanische Regierung will Evakuierungszone um Fukushima aufheben - hohe Strahlung gefährdet Menschen. Greenpeace-Report über Fukushima-Rückkehrer: Japan gefährdet das Leben der Betroffenen.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),