M 4.8 in Indonesia on 02 Mar 2021 00:17 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 1258086
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.716 , 101.6856
Event Date: 02 Mar 2021 00:17 UTC
02 Mar 2021 07:17 Local
Exposed Population:
About 3000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Mar 2021 00:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000der8 Scaled population (vector) 3.05  
  C1 earthquake 1.54  
  C2 earthquake -0.64  
  Country Vulnerability 0.09  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 241 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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4.3-magnitude earthquake strikes near Blenheim, Marlborough County, Ma ... Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:10:00 +0100.

01:21 AM | Posted by: Earthquake Monitor. 4.3 Earthquake Mar 5 2:01 pm (GMT +13) A moderate 4.3 magnitude earthquake was reported early in the afternoon near Blenheim, Marlborough Region, Marlborough, New Zealand, according to the European
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Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Strikes Off Indonesia's Coast - USGSFri, 05 Mar 2021 17:32:00 +0100.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th March, 2021) A magnitude 5.6 earthquake was registered on Friday off the western coast of Indonesia 's Sumatra island, the US Geological Survey said. The quake was registered at 07:32GMT. Its epicente
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Ciencia Luego de los tres grandes terremotos en Nueva Zelanda, quedan ... Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:13:00 +0100.

levantó la orden de evacuación, pero enfatizó que las personas deben mantenerse alejadas de las playas y la costa. Los tres terremotos ocurrieron a lo largo de la zona de subducción de Tonga Kermadec , donde la placa tectónica del Pacífico
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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),