M 7 in Indonesia on 14 Apr 2023 09:55 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 1369418
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.0M
Depth: 594.028 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.0255 , 112.0332
Event Date: 14 Apr 2023 09:55 UTC
14 Apr 2023 16:55 Local
Exposed Population: 1.5 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 14 Apr 2023 10:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000k49j Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap 0 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
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Indonesia - Earthquake (ECHO 17 Apr 2023)Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:23

  • An earthquake of 7.0 M at a depth of 594 km, 6.9 M at a depth of 643 km for the Indonesian Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG),  occurred in the Java Sea close to northern Java Island. The epicentre was located offshore approximately 95 km north of the coastal City of Tuban (Tuban Regency, East Java Province). USGS PAGER estimates that around 44,600 people were exposed to weak shaking.
  • The Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) reports, as of 17 April, one fatality in the Marga Village (Tabanan Regency, in the nearby Bali Island). In addition, BNPB also reports four damaged houses across West Java and East Java Provinces.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (92), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),