M 5.2 in Indonesia on 07 Dec 2021 16:26 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 1300392
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 271.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.8871 , 123.0778
Event Date: 07 Dec 2021 16:26 UTC
08 Dec 2021 00:26 Local
Exposed Population:
440 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 07 Dec 2021 16:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ga40 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 128 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

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Moderate yet deep earthquake of magnitude 5.0 just reported 71 km sout ... 2021-12-10T20:20+0100.

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake near Gorontalo, Indonesia, was reported only 12 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthq
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We need ambitious disaster risk reduction more than ever2021-12-10T01:05+0100.

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Deadly Indonesia Eruption Was Triggered by Heavy Rains2021-12-09T22:57+0100.

, an online publication covering the latest research. The eruption of Mount Semeru in Indonesia on Saturday tragically claimed the lives of 22 people , with another 22 still missing and 56 injured. More than 5,000 people have been affected
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),