M 5.7 in Indonesia on 28 Sep 2018 10:50 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 1157766
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.7541 , 119.9473
Event Date: 28 Sep 2018 10:50 UTC
28 Sep 2018 18:50 Local
Exposed Population: About 40000 people in MMI
1190000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Sep 2018 11:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000h3r6 Scaled population (vector) 0.3  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 524 | About casualties: 106 | Last hour: 0

Desperation explodes to anger as Indonesia quake toll risesTue, 02 Oct 2018 10:46:00 +0200.

PALU, Indonesia Desperation exploded into anger four days after an earthquake and tsunami severely damaged parts of an Indonesian island, with residents Tuesday showing frustration at the pace of rescues, grabbing food from damaged stores a
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Indonesian leader says all quake victims must be found as toll rises a ... Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:43:00 +0200.

October 2, 2018. By Kanupriya Kapoor and Fathin Ungku. PALU, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered more rescuers to be sent in to find victims of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday as the official death
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Sube a 1.234 la cifra de muertos por el terremoto y el tsunami en Indo ... Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:43:00 +0200.

Las autoridades indonesias han elevado a 1.234 la cifra de víctimas mortales que causó el terremoto de magnitud 7,5 y el posterior tsunami que golpearon la isla de Célebes el viernes pasado. El anterior recuento situaba en 844 el número de
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Cambodian PM Sends a Condolence Letter to Indonesian President on Tsun ... Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:42:00 +0200.

. AKP Phnom Penh, October 02, 2018 — Cambodia’s Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen this morning extended his sincere condolences to H.E. Joko Widodo, President of Republic of Indonesia, over the earthquake and Tsunami
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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),