M 5.5 in Indonesia on 22 Aug 2020 00:39 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 1231255
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 8.96 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.0912 , 100.9829
Event Date: 22 Aug 2020 00:39 UTC
22 Aug 2020 07:39 Local
Exposed Population: Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Aug 2020 00:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000biub Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 188 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Indonesia registra sismo de magnitud 6.9, tercero en tres díasSun, 23 Aug 2020 07:29:00 +0200.

La costa oriental de Indonesia fue estremecida este viernes cuando un sismo de magnitud 6,9 en la escala de Richter se produjo a unos 220 kilómetros al sur de isla de Célebes. Se trata del tercer terremoto en las últimas 72 horas. Si bien n
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News 2020 - Katabu, Indonesia (Flores Sea) Earthquake...Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:51:00 +0200.

A strong earthquake has occurred in Katabu, Indonesia's Flores Sea, 1,596 kilometres away from Bandar Seri Begawan at 9 minutes past 12 noon, 21st August. The Public Works Department, Ministry of Development in its press release confirmed t
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6.9-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off IndonesiaSat, 22 Aug 2020 06:12:00 +0200.

Traditional fishermen prepare their fishing boats at Oeba port, in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara province in this file photo. (AFP Photo) A 6.9-magnitude quake struck eastern Indonesia on Friday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) repo
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),