M 4.6 in Indonesia on 16 May 2021 12:31 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 1268979
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 159.35 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.4061 , 130.0971
Event Date: 16 May 2021 12:31 UTC
16 May 2021 21:31 Local
Exposed Population:
About 300 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 May 2021 12:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000e3jp Scaled population (vector) 2.98  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 175 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Moderate magnitude 4.9 earthquake 86 km southeast of Malita, Philippin ... Thu, 20 May 2021 11:38:00 +0200.

Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 4.9 quake in the Philippines near Malita, Davao Occidental, Davao, only 12 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the afternoon on Thursday 20 May 2021 at 5:18 pm
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Light mag. 4.9 earthquake - Philippines Sea, 86 km southeast of Malita ... Thu, 20 May 2021 11:38:00 +0200.

Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 4.9 quake in the Philippines near Malita, Davao Occidental, Davao, only 12 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the afternoon on Thursday 20 May 2021 at 5:18 pm
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At least 34 dead as Indonesia quake topples homes, buildingsWed, 19 May 2021 07:55:00 +0200.

A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 34 people. More than 600 people were injured during the magnitude 6.2 quake,
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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
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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),