M 5.7 in Indonesia on 22 May 2025 19:52 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 1482868
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 68.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.0046 , 102.2903
Event Date: 22 May 2025 19:52 UTC
23 May 2025 02:52 Local
Exposed Population: 510 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 22 May 2025 20:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000q0w7 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Indonesia - Earthquake (ECHO 28 May 2025)Fri, 23 May 2025 10:36

  • An earthquake of 5.7 M at a depth of 68 km occurred across the southern Sumatra island (western Indonesia) on 22 May at 19.52 UTC (23 May at 2.52 local time). The epicentre was located offshore in the Indian Ocean very close to the coast (less than 2 km) of the Bengkulu province (south-western Sumatra island), approximately 10 km south of the Bengkulu city area.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 548,000 people were exposed to moderate shaking.
  • Media report, as of 23 May, seven injured people and 34 damaged buildings across the Bengkulu city area, the provincial capital.
Indonesia - Earthquake, update (ECHO 01 Jun 2025)Tue, 27 May 2025 10:55

  • The impact due to the 5.7 magnitude earthquake that occurred on 22 May at 19.52 UTC (23 May at 2.52 local time) in the Bengkulu province in southern Sumatra island (western Indonesia) has increased.
  • According to the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB), as of 26 May, a total of 792 people have been affected and 206 buildings have been damaged across the Bengkulu city area, in central Bengkulu province.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),