M 4.6 in Indonesia on 20 Mar 2018 12:58 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 1138015
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.0651 , 132.7696
Event Date: 20 Mar 2018 12:58 UTC
20 Mar 2018 21:58 Local
Exposed Population:
100000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Mar 2018 13:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000d6rj Scaled population (vector) 4.64  
  C1 earthquake 1.54  
  C2 earthquake -0.64  
  Country Vulnerability 0.09  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 206 | About casualties: 86 | Last hour: 0

Indonesia: Providing disaster preparedness training and sanitation in ... Tue, 20 Mar 2018 04:08:00 +0100.

In Sumatra Indonesia, an innovative centre of learning is building the capacity of churches, community groups and local organisations to deliver effective community-based programs. It is called the Centre for Disaster Risk Management and Co
...(more)
Rescue heroes who ask nothing in returnSun, 18 Mar 2018 01:17:00 +0100.

Members of the Malaysian Volunteer Rescue and Fire Association stand ready to serve at any time required. — Picture by Razak Ghazali KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Not all superheros wear capes. Some instead don a fire retardant coverall and head
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El terremotó que afectó a México en septiembre fue una rareza, pero po ... Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:24:00 +0100.

Desde que ocurrió el perjudicial terremoto, hemos estado analizando datos de la red nacional de sísmicos, así como de estaciones de GPS de alta calidad que se encuentran en todo el territorio nacional. En conjunto, estos instrumentos miden
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West Papuans show solidarity for PNG quake victimsFri, 16 Mar 2018 05:18:00 +0100.

West Papuans have held an event in Indonesia's Papua province to express condolence towards earthquake victims in Papua New Guinea. Tabloid Jubi reports that the group West Papua Solidarity lit a thousand candles in Abepura in Papua's provi
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),