M 5.2 in Indonesia on 16 Jan 2021 09:26 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 1251809
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 33.44 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.3928 , 103.8897
Event Date: 16 Jan 2021 09:26 UTC
16 Jan 2021 16:26 Local
Exposed Population:
About 8000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Jan 2021 16:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000d0ma Scaled population (vector) 2.92  
  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: 369 | About casualties: 57 | Last hour: 0

Les entreprises rouvrent alors que les demandeurs creusent les débris ... Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:12:00 +0100.

in News Des supermarchés, des stations-service et d’autres magasins rouvrent dans une ville indonésienne frappée par le tremblement de terre où les débris couvrent toujours les rues et les demandeurs continuent de creuser dans les décombres
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Mag. 4.7 earthquake - Mindanao, Philippines, on Wednesday, 20 January ... Wed, 20 Jan 2021 08:20:00 +0100.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 occurred only 15 minutes ago 18 km northwest of Lupon, Philippines, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) reported. The quake hit at an intermediate depth of 72 km beneath the epi
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Businesses reopen as searchers dig in Indonesia quake rubbleWed, 20 Jan 2021 06:33:00 +0100.

Residents build tents outside their house badly damaged by earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Aid was reaching the thousands of people left homeless and struggling after an earthquake that killed a numbe
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World Earthquake Report for Wednesday, 20 January 2021Wed, 20 Jan 2021 06:21:00 +0100.

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 20 Jan 2021Summary: 3 quakes 5.0+, 22 quakes 4.0+, 131 quakes 3.0+, 232 quakes 2.0+ (388 total) This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5+: 3 earthquakes Magnitu
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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),