M 5.1 in Indonesia on 27 Jul 2017 19:24 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 1118037
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 51.57 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.4121 , 101.9395
Event Date: 27 Jul 2017 19:24 UTC
28 Jul 2017 02:24 Local
Exposed Population:
660000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2017 19:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us2000a1vu Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 235 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Moderate Earthquake Hits Sumatra, IndonesiaMon, 31 Jul 2017 19:12:00 +0200.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 (Bernama) -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale occurred in Sumatra, Indonesia at 10pm today. The Malaysian Meteorological Department in a statement here said, the epicentre of the quake was 486 k
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Ottawa a moins tendance à égaler les montants des dons pour les désast ... Mon, 31 Jul 2017 18:33:00 +0200.

Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau a encouragé les Canadiens à faire des dons à la Croix-Rouge pour aider les Britanno-Colombiens aux prises avec des incendies de forêt, tout comme il l'avait fait pour les victimes des inondations au Québec
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Tsunami Aceh sudah Terjadi sejak 7.400 Tahun Lalu PENELITI dari Univer ... Mon, 31 Jul 2017 18:15:00 +0200.

PENELITI dari Universitas Syiah Kuala (Unsyiah) menyampaikan bukti-bukti kedahsyatan tsunami Aceh yang terjadi 7.400 tahun silam setelah meneliti sebuah gua dekat pantai di Meunasah Lhok, Kecamatan Lhong, Kabupaten Aceh Besar. "Tim peneliti
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Gempa 5,3 SR Guncang Bengkulu, tidak Berpotensi Tsunami GEMPA berkekua ... Mon, 31 Jul 2017 18:15:00 +0200.

GEMPA berkekuatan 53 skala Richter (SR) mengguncang kawasan Bengkulu, Senin (31/7) malam. Namun, gempa tidak berpotensi tsunami. Badan Meterologi, Klimatologim dan Geofisika (BMKG) menginformasikan gempa tersebut terjadi pada pukul 21.00 WI
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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),