M 5.6 in Indonesia on 05 Mar 2021 07:32 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 1258829
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 17.97 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.7901 , 99.2082
Event Date: 05 Mar 2021 07:32 UTC
05 Mar 2021 14:32 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
About 50000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Mar 2021 07:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000dfw2 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 234 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Registered Off Indonesia's Coast - USGSMon, 08 Mar 2021 23:03:00 +0100.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 08th March, 2021) A magnitude 5.5 earthquake was registered on Monday off the southwest coast of Indonesia 's Sumatra island, the US Geological Survey said. The quake was registered at 03:00GMT. Its epicen
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Indonesia: Magnitude-5.5 offshore earthquake occurs off Bengkulu Provi ... Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:31:00 +0100.

Event. A magnitude-5.5 earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Bengkulu Province, Indonesia, at about 1956 March 8. The epicenter was approximately 158 km (98 miles) west-southwest of Bengkulu, Indonesia. The tremor occurre
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ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update Week 9, 01 – 07 Mar 2021Mon, 08 Mar 2021 09:08:00 +0100.

REGIONAL SUMMARY. A total of 23 disasters (10 floods, 2 landslides, 9 winds-related, 1 storm, and 1 earthquake) affected the region in week 9. These disasters occurred in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. High intensity rain causes f
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Indonesia, Earthquakes in Mentawai Islands Regency, West Sumatra (14:3 ... Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:06:00 +0100.

Description. ➢ UPDATE: Friday, 05 March 2021 Pkl. 23:30 WIB. ➢ Description: ✓ Strength; 5.8 SR. ✓ Location; 1.76 LS - 99.14 East Longitude. ✓ Depth; 24 Km. ➢ Location: ✓ Kec. Sipora Utara. ✓ Kec. Sipora Selatan. ✓ Kec. Siberut Barat Daya. ✓
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),