M 4.6 in Indonesia on 20 Aug 2017 01:06 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 1119646
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 40.62 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.1372 , 103.7181
Event Date: 20 Aug 2017 01:06 UTC
20 Aug 2017 08:06 Local
Exposed Population:
2190000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Aug 2017 01:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000a9u0 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 376 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Solomon Islands: Ensuring a robust and reliable tsunami warning and mi ... Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:55:00 +0200.

The main purpose of the Working Group is to improve tsunami warning and mitigation services and information sharing for the PICT’s. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)- Pacific Tsunami Warning Systems (PTWS) Working Group o
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Sri Lanka: Committed to support vulnerable Sri Lankan population for o ... Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:55:00 +0200.

After the change of government in 2015, which has paved the way for a more conducive environment for rule of law and human rights, ACTED worked with media, lawyers and civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance effective governance and r
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La sirena del Sistema de Alerta Temprana no se escuchó durante simulac ... Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:32:00 +0200.

El simulacro institucional para medir los tiempos de respuesta frente a un terremoto que genere un tsunami se realizó a las 11h00 de hoy en Crucita, Portoviejo. Cabe destacar que la sirena del Sistema de Alerta Temprana no se escuchó en el
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'India will support Sri Lanka in all areas wherever and whenever neede ... Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:47:00 +0200.

'India will support Sri Lanka in all areas wherever and whenever needed' - envoy Wed, Aug 23, 2017, 09:31 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Aug 23, Colombo: Highlighting that India has committed over US$ 2.6 billion in developme
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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),