M 6.8 in Indonesia on 06 May 2020 13:53 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 1216883
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 107 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.7949 , 129.8613
Event Date: 06 May 2020 13:53 UTC
06 May 2020 22:53 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
About 1000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 May 2020 14:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us70009b14 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 191 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Indonesia’s Undersea Landslide Risk Areas MappedSun, 10 May 2020 10:50:00 +0200.

, whether caused by earthquakes, volcanoes or submarine landslides, pose a specific risk to the sustainability and resilience of coastal communities. They claim thousands of lives, damage to property and cause widespread destruction to infr
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Poonam Khetrapal SinghThu, 07 May 2020 20:29:00 +0200.

The WHO South-East Asia Region is entering a new phase in its pandemic response. In recent weeks, the spread of Covid-19 in the region has slowed, due in large part to the unprecedented physical distancing measures that countries implemente
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Terremoto en IndonesiaThu, 07 May 2020 11:12:00 +0200.

Y akarta. (AFP) - Un terremoto de magnitud 6,8 sacudió una parte remota del este de Indonesia el miércoles, informó el servicio geológico de Estados Unidos, pero no se emitió ninguna alerta de tsunami ni se recibieron informes inmediatos de
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6.8 magnitude quake strikes in Indonesia's Banda Sea, no tsunami alertThu, 07 May 2020 10:56:00 +0200.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolted a remote part of eastern Indonesia late Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning issued and no immediate reports of damage. The undersea quake struck at a depth
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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 (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),