M 5.8 in Indonesia on 27 Jul 2017 12:08 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 1118011
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 14.92 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.5404 , 126.0695
Event Date: 27 Jul 2017 12:08 UTC
27 Jul 2017 21:08 Local
Exposed Population: About 84000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2017 12:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us2000a1qs Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 243 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Up to 80% of Thailand’s tsunami warning system needs maintenanceMon, 31 Jul 2017 12:04:00 +0200.

Up to 80 percent of Thailand’s tsunami warning system needs maintenance work, the deputy director-general of its disaster prevention department said on Monday, more than a decade after the region was hit by a tsunami that killed 226,000 peo
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Sistema de alerta de tsunami de Tailandia necesita mantenimientoMon, 31 Jul 2017 11:50:00 +0200.

Bangkok, 31 jul (VNA) – El 80 por ciento del sistema de alerta de tsunami de Tailandia necesita mantenimiento después de 10 años en servicio, dijo hoy el Departamento de Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres de ese país. Un informe de la en
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Thailand tsunami warning: Brits at risk as 'URGENT' calls made for act ... Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:47:00 +0200.

. THAILAND'S tsunami warning system is in desperate need of repair if it is to prepare the nation for a disaster similar to the one that killed 226,000 people, experts warn. GETTY TRAGIC: A tsunami in 2004 killed 226,000 people Disaster wo
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‘Batteries need to be changed’: 80pc of Thailand's tsunami warnin ... Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:34:00 +0200.

Up to 80 per cent of Thailand’s tsunami warning system needs maintenance work, the deputy director-general of its disaster prevention department said on Monday, more than a decade after the region was hit by a tsunami that killed 226,000 pe
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),