M 4.7 in Indonesia on 16 Feb 2019 01:27 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 1170924
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.4716 , 101.9982
Event Date: 16 Feb 2019 01:27 UTC
16 Feb 2019 08:27 Local
Exposed Population:
640000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Feb 2019 02:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000jine Scaled population (vector) 4.95  
  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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 217 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Mass grave containing hundreds of victims unearthed in Indonesia A mas ... Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:44:00 +0100.

A mass grave containing the remains of hundreds of tsunami victims has been unearthed in Indonesia, Daily Mail reported. As the source says, the burial site was found during an inspection of land ahead of the building of a clinic in a villa
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Mass grave containing HUNDREDS of Boxing Day tsunami victims is uneart ... Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:03:00 +0100.

15 years after 230,000 died in the disaster The mass burial site found during inspection of building land in a village on the Indonesian island of Sumatra; It is thought the grave contained the remains of hundreds of victims of devastating
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EU Civil Protection MechanismTue, 19 Feb 2019 04:54:00 +0100.

The overall objective of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism is to strengthen cooperation between Participating States in the field of civil protection, with a view to improving prevention, preparedness and response to disasters. Through the
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Tech Unicorns are real: Tech baffles Indonesian candidateMon, 18 Feb 2019 17:52:00 +0100.

A handout photo made available by Indonesian Presidential Palace shows Indonesian President Joko Widodo delivering note books to the children at an emergency shelter for the earthquake survivors in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province, Indon
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),