M 5.5 in Indonesia on 24 Feb 2026 07:46 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.1052 , 138.8515
Event Date: 24 Feb 2026 07:46 UTC
24 Feb 2026 16:46 Local
Exposed Population: 4 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us7000rzxu
Inserted at: 24 Feb 2026 08:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rzxu Scaled population (raster) 0.48  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1689500 0 24 Feb 2026 07:46 5.5M, 10.6km 6.48 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:18 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

Radius Population
100 km 79000 people
75 km 52000 people
50 km 45000 people
20 km 6100 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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