M 6.2 in Indonesia on 25 Feb 2022 01:39 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 1311329
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 12.34 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.2331 , 100.1058
Event Date: 25 Feb 2022 01:39 UTC
25 Feb 2022 08:39 Local
Exposed Population: About 5000 people in MMI
5 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 25 Feb 2022 02:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0 0.2
us6000gzyg Scaled population (raster) 2.53 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -1.73 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.79      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.96      
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Indonesia - Earthquake (ECHO 25 Feb 2022)Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:34

  • An earthquake of 6.2 M at a depth of 12 km occurred in northern West Sumatra Province on 25 February at 1.33 UTC (8.39 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 14 km east of Talu village (West Pasaman Regency) and 66 km north-northwest of Bukittinggi City. The earthquake was also felt in Malaysia and Singapore.
  • According to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia (BMKG), a foreshock of 5.2 M and two aftershocks of 5.0 and 5.1 M have been recorded in the area.
  • USGS estimates that up to 6 000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and up to 199 000 to strong shaking.
  • According to media reports, at least two people have died, and 20 others have been injured in West Pasaman Regency. In addition, widespread damage to buildings has been registered in the same Regency.
Indonesia - Earthquake, update (ECHO 28 Feb 2022)Mon, 28 Feb 2022 11:07

  • Following the 6.2 M earthquake that hit West Sumatra Province on 25 February, the number of fatalities has increased.
  • According to the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB), at least 11 people have died (six in Pasaman Regency and five in West Pasaman Regency, West Sumatra Province), four others are missing, and almost 400 individuals sustained injuries (of which 42 seriously injured). In addition, 13,000 people have been displaced, and more than 1,400 houses have been damaged.
  • Search and rescue efforts conducted by the national and local authorities for the four missing people in Pasaman Regency are ongoing.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),