M 4.7 in Indonesia on 17 Nov 2017 21:44 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 1126719
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 113.38 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.1015 , 123.8801
Event Date: 17 Nov 2017 21:44 UTC
18 Nov 2017 05:44 Local
Exposed Population:
190000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2017 22:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bqr4 Scaled population (vector) 4.76  
  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: 14 | Last hour: 0

SAMOA ON SLOW ROAD TO RECOVERYTue, 21 Nov 2017 21:30:00 +0100.

Some complain, others glad for fresh start. By Sean Dorney APIA, Samoa (Radio Australia, Mar. 4, 2010) – Many in Samoa are determined to make a fresh start. Simple structures are appearing all over Samoa's tsunami-devastated islands, with m
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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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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),