M 4.8 in Indonesia on 08 Sep 2012 18:27 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 119467
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -6.598 , 106.696
Event Date: 08 Sep 2012 18:27 UTC
09 Sep 2012 01:27 Local
Exposed Population:
35980000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Sep 2012 19:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000cj2r Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 496 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Honda bets on new hybrid technology to revive momentumWed, 12 Sep 2012 18:35:00 +0200.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Plenty of people think Honda Motor Co is not the kind of daring, risk-taking company it once was. One of them is Takanobu Ito, who just happens to be the Japanese automaker's chief executive. His solution? A simple, gasoli
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Create Early Warning Systems to Detect Competitive ThreatsWed, 12 Sep 2012 18:04:00 +0200.

Eighteen months ago, a massive earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan. The tsunami it unleashed caused devastating damage whose effects are still being felt. But it could have been even worse. Instead, a mere three seconds after
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Politique - Kabbani rencontre l'ambassadeur japonaisWed, 12 Sep 2012 17:41:00 +0200.

ANI - 12/9/2012 - Le chef de la commission parlementaire des Travaux publics, de l'Energie et des Eaux, le député Mohammad Kabban a reçu mercredi l'ambassadeur de Japon, Syche Otsuka.
Albert Boadella: «Desde que unos ultras quisieron pegarme un tiro soy ... Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:56:00 +0200.

Genio teatral y caníbal literario, masculla Albert Boadella que le va a escribir una carta a monseñor Rouco porque ha visto una bandera independentista sobre el campanario de su pueblo. Se enfunda la bandera de España, la pasea de mantilla
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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),