M 5.5 in Indonesia on 06 Apr 2018 07:46 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 1139560
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.4507 , 138.1826
Event Date: 06 Apr 2018 07:46 UTC
06 Apr 2018 16:46 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
About 77000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Apr 2018 08:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000dveh Scaled population (vector) -8  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 169 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Scramble to reach tsunami-hit villages in SolomonsMon, 09 Apr 2018 15:08:00 +0200.

07 февраля 2013, 16:47. Disaster relief agencies were scrambling Thursday to reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon Islands, warning the death toll following a powerful 8.0-magnitude quake is likely to rise, reports. AFP Officials said
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Papua New Guinea: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian S ... Mon, 09 Apr 2018 12:54:00 +0200.

Papua New Guinea. As of 5 April, more than 8,000 households – 43,000 people - remain displaced following the earthquake that struck on 26 February. The displaced people are located across 44 locations and care centres. It is possible these
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Nearly 50 Indonesians dead in April from bootleg liquorMon, 09 Apr 2018 11:00:00 +0200.

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Nearly 50 people have died after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia including the capital Jakarta in little more than a week. In the latest incident, 17 people died between Thursday and early Monday in Cicaleng
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Strong earthquake cracks streets in western Japan, injures 5Mon, 09 Apr 2018 11:00:00 +0200.

TOKYO: A strong earthquake hit western Japan early Monday, cracking streets, cutting water and power to a number of homes and injuring five people. The Meteorological Agency said the magnitude 6.1 quake struck 12 kilometers underground near
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),