M 4.5 in Indonesia on 15 May 2021 00:34 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 1268795
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 198.37 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.2085 , 102.26
Event Date: 15 May 2021 00:34 UTC
15 May 2021 07:34 Local
Exposed Population:
1380000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 May 2021 00:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000e39q Scaled population (vector) 6.29  
  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: 166 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Newly published data provides clearer picture of volcano collapseTue, 18 May 2021 14:23:00 +0200.

New high-resolution seafloor and sub-seafloor hydroacoustic surveys have provided a comprehensive view of what the landslide deposits look like underwater. "The renderings show how deep the sediment slid underwater and how large the pieces
...(more)
Newly published data provides clearer picture of volcano collapseTue, 18 May 2021 12:06:00 +0200.

An article recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, written by University of Rhode Island College of Engineering Professor Stéphan Grilli and his colleagues, reveals new data on the Anak Krakatau volcano flank co
...(more)
Indonesia: Magnitude-5.0 earthquake occurs in Andaman Sea, northwest o ... Tue, 18 May 2021 08:59:00 +0200.

Event. A magnitude-5.0 earthquake occurred in the Andaman Sea, northwest of Aceh Province, Indonesia, at around 12:49 WIB May 18. The epicenter was about 146 km (91 miles) north-northwest of Banda Aceh, Aceh Province. The tremor occurred at
...(more)
Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.4 just reported 31 km northwest of ... Tue, 18 May 2021 01:03:00 +0200.

Just 15 minutes ago, a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Tobelo, Kabupaten Halmahera Utara, North Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Tuesday 18 May 2021 at 7:45 am local time, at an intermediate to considerable
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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),