M 4.5 in Indonesia on 26 Dec 2021 16:10 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 1303519
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 122.27 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.6833 , 118.3181
Event Date: 26 Dec 2021 16:10 UTC
27 Dec 2021 00:10 Local
Exposed Population:
1.2 million in 100km
Inserted at: 26 Dec 2021 16:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000gfgm Scaled population (vector) 6.32  
  C1 earthquake 1.54  
  C2 earthquake -0.64  
  Country Vulnerability 0.09  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Latest media headlines

Tawau residents feel tremors from Tarakan quake in Indonesia 12/30/2021 3:26:00 PM.

TAWAU : A weak earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter Scale that hit Tarakan in Indonesia at 2.09 am today caused some panic when tremors were felt in Tawau. A shaken resident of Kampung Titingan Block 5, Yusri Yahya, 49, said hi
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Tawau residents feel tremors from Tarakan quake in Indonesia 12/30/2021 3:12:00 PM.

The Meteorological Department in a statement said the epicentre was located at 3.8 degrees north and 117.6 degrees east, which is 79km south-west of Tawau in Sabah and that a tremor was felt in Tawau. — Reuters pic. TAWAU, Dec 30 — A wea
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Tawau residents feel tremors from Tarakan quake in Indonesia 12/30/2021 3:09:00 PM.

The Meteorological Department in a statement said the epicentre was located at 3.8 degrees north and 117.6 degrees east, which is 79km south-west of Tawau in Sabah and that a tremor was felt in Tawau. — Reuters pic. TAWAU, Dec 30 — A wea
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),