M 6.3 in Indonesia on 08 Oct 2012 11:43 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 120099
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 34.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.442 , 129.165
Event Date: 08 Oct 2012 11:43 UTC
08 Oct 2012 20:43 Local
Exposed Population:
About 9669 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Oct 2012 12:02 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usc000d3rv 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 672 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Erdbeben: Starkes Erdbeben erschüttert IndonesienFri, 12 Oct 2012 11:18:00 +0200.

Ein Erdbeben von der Stärke 6,7 hat den Osten Indonesiens am Freitag heftig erschüttert. Augenzeugen zufolge schwankten in der Stadt Dobo die Gebäude. Bewohner liefen in Panik auf die Straße. Es gab zwei Nachbeben der Stärke 4,9. Eine Tsuna
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Séisme de 6,7 au large de l'Indonésie, pas de tsunamiFri, 12 Oct 2012 10:59:00 +0200.

Un séisme de magnitude 6,7 s'est produit le 12 octobre au large des côtes orientales de l'Indonésie, a annoncé l'Institut américain de géophysique (USGS), mais sans provoquer de tsunami. L'hypocentre du séisme, qui s'est produit à 9h31 (01h
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Endonezya'da şiddetli depremFri, 12 Oct 2012 10:41:00 +0200.

ABD Jeolojik Araştırma Merkezi, merkez üssü Dobo on Aru adasının 108 kilometre kuzeyi olan depremin anlık büyüklüğünü 6,7 olarak açıkladı. Merkez, depremin 24 kilometre derinlikte meydana geldiğini belirtirken, Endonezya meteoroloji ve jeo
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Strong earthquake rocks eastern IndonesiaFri, 12 Oct 2012 10:28:00 +0200.

A strong earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia on Friday, panicking residents, but no major damage was immediately reported.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),