M 5.7 in Indonesia on 28 Sep 2018 13:35 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 1157781
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.0223 , 119.6733
Event Date: 28 Sep 2018 13:35 UTC
28 Sep 2018 21:35 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
320000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Sep 2018 13:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000h3sd Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1116 | About casualties: 265 | Last hour: 0

Hallan a 34 niños muertos en campamento en zona del terremoto en Indon ... Tue, 02 Oct 2018 13:28:00 +0200.

EL NUEVO DIARIO, PALU, INDONESIA.- Los equipos de rescate de Indonesia recuperaron los cadáveres de 34 niños sepultados por el barro en la zona de la isla de Célebes afectada el viernes por el terremoto de magnitud 7,5 y el tsunami que han
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Desesperación entre las víctimas del sismo de IndonesiaTue, 02 Oct 2018 13:27:00 +0200.

PALU, Indonesia — La desesperación se convirtió en ira hoy en la localidad más próxima al epicentro del potente sismo y tsunami que sacudieron partes de la isla de Sulawesi hace cuatro días, mientras los residentes pedían ayuda al president
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Indonesia Tsunami Worsened By Palu Bay Shape: ScientistsTue, 02 Oct 2018 13:27:00 +0200.

The tsunami that ravaged the Indonesian city of Palu was outsized compared to the earthquake that spawned it, but other factors -- including a long, narrow bay -- conspired to create monster waves, scientists say. At least 844 people are al
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Sube a 1.234 la cifra de muertos por el terremoto y el tsunami en Indo ... Tue, 02 Oct 2018 13:25:00 +0200.

Las autoridades indonesias elevaron este martes 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 portavoz de la Agencia Nacional de Ge
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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),