M 4.8 in Indonesia on 17 Nov 2017 19:57 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 1126715
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 124.14 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.2588 , 126.0986
Event Date: 17 Nov 2017 19:57 UTC
18 Nov 2017 03:57 Local
Exposed Population:
270000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2017 21:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bqnf Scaled population (vector) 4.71  
  C1 earthquake 1.54  
  C2 earthquake -0.64  
  Country Vulnerability 0.09  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 634 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

Seis años después de la catástrofe, los expertos encuentran uranio en ... Tue, 21 Nov 2017 19:48:00 +0100.

El 11 de marzo de 2011, el tsunami causado después de un terremoto provocó un desastre nuclear en la Central Nuclear de Fukushima, Japón . Ahora, por primera vez, un equipo ha logrado captar imágenes de combustible de uranio derretido que e
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Vídeo: Descoberto urânio que provocou explosão nuclear de Fukushima em ... Tue, 21 Nov 2017 19:38:00 +0100.

. Foi encontrado o urânio que deu origem à explosão nuclear na central de Fukushima, na sequência do sismo e tsunami de março de 2011. Um robô conseguiu encontrar o combustível dentro da unidade do reator número três. Foram precisos seis a
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4.7-magnitude earthquake recorded southwest of Port HardyTue, 21 Nov 2017 18:19:00 +0100.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Port Hardy this morning. The earthquake occured at 1:47 a.m. at a depth of 28 kilometres. It was 182 kilometres to the southwest of Port Hardy. No tsunami was expected. Glacier Community M
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Local 12 hour ago 7:58 p.m. Study: Some areas could shake much less th ... Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:58:00 +0100.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A new study suggests some sections of the Oregon coast, and some areas inland, could shake much less than others during "The Big One." The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a 600-mile long fault off the Oregon-Washington coast c
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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),