M 6.4 in Indonesia on 04 Jun 2020 08:49 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 1220968
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Depth: 106.86 Km
Lat/Lon: 2.9231 , 128.2477
Event Date: 04 Jun 2020 08:49 UTC
04 Jun 2020 17:49 Local
Exposed Population: About 76000 people in MMI
120000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Jun 2020 08:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000a5r3 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -1.73 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.79      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.96      
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Indonesia - Earthquake update (ECHO 08 Jun 2020)Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:08

  • Following the earthquake of 6.4 M occurred offshore over Halmahera Sea, (approximately 100 km north of Daruba city, Morotai Island, North Maluku Province) on 4 June at 8.49 UTC, the number of affected families and damaged buildings has increased.
  • The Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) reports, as of 7 June, 143 affected families and 312 damaged buildings (of which 264 slightly damaged, 34 moderately damaged, and 14 severely damaged) as well as 12 damaged public facilities across 6 districts of the North Maluku Province: South Morotai, East Morotai, North Morotai, Morotai Jaya, South West Morotai, and Rau Island.
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Latest media headlines

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5.5-magnitude earthquake hits IndonesiaMon, 08 Jun 2020 08:33:00 +0200.

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolted Indonesia's North Sulawesi province Monday, the country’s meteorological agency said. The epicenter of the quake was around 29 kilometers (18 miles) southeast of Bolaang Mongondow Regency at a depth of 105
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5.5-magnitude earthquake hits IndonesiaMon, 08 Jun 2020 08:07:00 +0200.

JAKARTA A magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolted Indonesia's North Sulawesi province Monday, the country’s meteorological agency said. The epicenter of the quake was around 29 kilometers (18 miles) southeast of Bolaang Mongondow Regency at a depth
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Tremble after the tremorsSat, 06 Jun 2020 21:32:00 +0200.

Since May 15, the National Center for Seismology has recorded seven small earthquakes, ranging from 1.8 to 4.5 on the Richter scale, with epicentres at Faridabad, Rohtak and New Delhi. The spate of tremors — the most recent one occurring la
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Indonesia – Earthquake on Halmahera sea (DG ECHO, IFRC, government) (E ... Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:43:00 +0200.

On 4 June, an earthquake of 6.8 M at a depth of 111 km hit Halmahera. The epicenter located on Halmahera sea, 99 km north of Daruba city, North Maluku. There is no tsunami alert has been released by Indonesian Met Service. The earthquake ca
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),