M 5.3 in Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 16 Dec 2017 14:38 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 1128858
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.9553 , -27.7746
Event Date: 16 Dec 2017 14:38 UTC
16 Dec 2017 12:38 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Dec 2017 15:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000c58g Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 307 | About casualties: 102 | Last hour: 0

Penanganan Gempa Berjalan Lancar TIDAK sampai 5 menit, alat pendeteksi ... Sun, 17 Dec 2017 02:57:00 +0100.

TIDAK sampai 5 menit, alat pendeteksi tsunami di sejumlah titik di Pantai Pangandaran, Jawa Barat, berbunyi nyaring setelah gempa berkekuatan 6,9 SR mengguncang Tasikmalaya Jumat (15/12) pukul 23.47 WIB. Ribuan penduduk di kota pantai itu p
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مسافات الصحيفة الورقية زلزال يهز جنوب إندونيسيا مخلفا 3 قتلىSun, 17 Dec 2017 02:46:00 +0100.

ضرب زلزال قوته 6.5 درجة على مقياس ريختر جزيرة جاوة في إندونيسيا قبيل منتصف ليل أمس الجمعة، وذكرت السلطات أن 3 أشخاص لقوا حتفهم فيما لحقت أضرار بمئات المباني. وقالت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأميركية إن مركز الزلزال كان على عمق 92 كيلومتراً وعلى
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BMKG: Jawa Barat Rawan Gempa Bumi Kuat karena... Dibaca 16.240 kaliSun, 17 Dec 2017 02:38:00 +0100.

USGS.GOV Titik pusat gempa yang terjadi pada Jumat (15/12/2017) malam. JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com -- Gempa bumi kembali mengguncang Indonesia. Kali ini terjadi di 42 kilometer barat daya Kawalu, Tasikmalaya, Jawa Barat pada Jumat (15/12/2017) puk
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Jokowi Senang Lihat Respons Masyarakat atas Peringatan Dini TsunamiSun, 17 Dec 2017 01:45:00 +0100.

YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Presiden Joko Widodo memantau perkembangan setelah terjadi gempa bumi berkekuatan 6,9 SR pada Jumat (15/12/2017) dini hari. Joko Widodo mengaku senang melihat respons masyarakat dengan melakukan evakuasi mandiri set
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),