M 5.1 in Indonesia on 12 Aug 2017 07:22 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 1119095
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 67.99 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.1951 , 131.0729
Event Date: 12 Aug 2017 07:22 UTC
12 Aug 2017 16:22 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Aug 2017 07:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000a7jd Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 512 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

In Japan, 'wind phone' links people with their departed loved onesWed, 16 Aug 2017 07:07:00 +0200.

TOKYO (WASHINGTON POST) - An old, disconnected black telephone stands in a telephone booth in the town of Otsuchi - about 20 minutes' drive from Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. The phone has been visited by at least 25,000 people since the Grea
...(more)
This haunting 'wind phone' is helping Japanese say goodbye t ... Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:21:00 +0200.

An old, disconnected black telephone stands in a telephone booth in the town of Otsuchi about 20 minutes' drive from Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. The phone has been visited by at least 25,000 people since the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2
...(more)
Tanjung Benoa students take part in tsunami drillWed, 16 Aug 2017 06:06:00 +0200.

Get ready: Students carry their bags on their heads while leaving their classroom during a tsunami drill at SD 2 state elementary school in Tanjung Benoa, Badung, Bali, on Tuesday. Initiated by the UN Development Program (UNDP), the tsunami
...(more)
Temblor de magnitud 5,3 sacude el norte de ChileWed, 16 Aug 2017 05:55:00 +0200.

La sacudida de tierra ocurrió a las 16.03 hora local (19.03 GMT) y su epicentro se localizó en el mar, a 62 kilómetros al oeste de la localidad de Tongoy y a unos 400 kilómetros al nornoroeste de Santiago, informó el Centro Sismológico de l
...(more)

View more news

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),