M 4.8 in Indonesia on 27 Nov 2020 13:37 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 1245307
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.632 , 127.5085
Event Date: 27 Nov 2020 13:37 UTC
27 Nov 2020 22:37 Local
Exposed Population:
160000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Nov 2020 13:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ckcz Scaled population (vector) 4.43  
  C1 earthquake 1.54  
  C2 earthquake -0.64  
  Country Vulnerability 0.09  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 125 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Des milliers d'Indonésiens évacués après l'éruption d'un volcanTue, 01 Dec 2020 10:22:00 +0100.

Plus de 4.400 habitants ont été évacués après l'éruption du volcan Lewotolo en Indonésie, qui a projeté une colonne de fumée et des cendres sur plus de quatre kilomètres de hauteur, ont indiqué lundi 30 novembre les autorités indonésiennes.
Mag. 4.8 earthquake - Banda Sea, 289 km southeast of Ambon City, Maluk ... Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:17:00 +0100.

Nearby towns and cities: 266 km (165 mi) SSE of Amahai (pop: 47,700) 288 km (179 mi) W of Tual (pop: 39,500) 289 km (180 mi) SE of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) 516 km (321 mi) SSW of Sorong (pop: 125,500) 634 km (394 mi) WSW of Nabire (pop: 43
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La ONU ofrece su asistencia humanitaria al Gobierno de Indonesia tras ... Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:16:00 +0100.

La ONU ofreció este domingo, por medio del Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA), asistencia al Gobierno de Indonesia para responder a las necesidades humanitarias generadas por el tsunami que golpeó las costas del Estrecho de Sonda , entre l
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Aceh's Sinabang hit by 5.0-magnitude quakeTue, 01 Dec 2020 06:54:00 +0100.

Illustration - Seismograph records quake vibrations ANTARA/Shutterstock/pri. Jakarta (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale struck Sinabang, the capital of Simeulue District in Aceh Province, on early Tuesday, though n
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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),