M 4.6 in Halmahera, Indonesia on 01 Dec 2020 14:09 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 1245851
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 229.88 Km
Lat/Lon: 2.6968 , 128.4965
Event Date: 01 Dec 2020 14:09 UTC
01 Dec 2020 23:09 Local
Exposed Population:
130000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Dec 2020 14:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000clmj Scaled population (vector) 5.31  
  C1 earthquake 1.54  
  C2 earthquake -0.64  
  Country Vulnerability 0.09  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 7 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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Mag. 4.9 earthquake - Banda Sea, 419 km south of Ambon City, Maluku, I ... Thu, 03 Dec 2020 02:48:00 +0100.

Nearby towns and cities: 273 km (170 mi) ENE of Lospalos (Timor-Leste) (pop: 17,200) 419 km (260 mi) SSE of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) 419 km (260 mi) ENE of Dili (Timor-Leste) (pop: 150,000) 439 km (273 mi) WSW of Tual (pop: 39,500) 445 km
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Mag. 4.0 earthquake - Ceram Sea, 154 km northwest of Ambon City, Maluk ... Tue, 01 Dec 2020 22:55:00 +0100.

: The most recent eruption of famous Mt Bromo volcano in East Java, Indonesia. : Ibu in Halmahera is one of the most active, but rarely visited volcanoes in Indonesia. A spectacular lava dome is growing inside the volcano's breached crater
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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),