M 5.8 in Indonesia on 05 May 2026 06:44 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 1539109
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 35.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.1135 , 119.3245
Event Date: 05 May 2026 06:44 UTC
05 May 2026 14:44 Local
Exposed Population: 740 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 05 May 2026 07:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000sicu Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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ACI NEWS 5/5/2026 10:32:00 AM.

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5.9-magnitude quake hits Sumba Region, Indonesia -- GFZ 5/5/2026 9:32:00 AM.

HONG KONG, May 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Sumba Region, Indonesia at 06:44 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined
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5.9-magnitude quake hits Sumba Region, Indonesia -- GFZ 5/5/2026 9:31:00 AM.

HONG KONG, May 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Sumba Region, Indonesia at 06:44 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),