M 6.1 in Indonesia on 18 Sep 2025 18:19 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 1500799
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.6145 , 135.5258
Event Date: 18 Sep 2025 18:19 UTC
19 Sep 2025 03:19 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2025 18:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
us7000qx1z Scaled population (raster) 3.11  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Indonesia - Earthquake (ECHO 24 Sep 2025)Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:49

  • An earthquake of 6.1 M (6.6 according to local authorities) at a depth of 10 km occurred in Central Papua province, in eastern Indonesia, on 18 September at 18.19 UTC (19 September at 03.19 local time). The epicentre was located  in the Nabire Regency area, Central Papua, 28 km south of Nabire city, in the Nabire Regency of the province of Central Papua.
  • USGS estimated that up to 3,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and up to 122,000 to strong shaking.
  • According to the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB), as of 19 September, several houses, public buildings and one bridge have been damaged, and power and telecommunications outages have been recorded in the area. There were no reports of casualties; national authorities are still providing damage assessment.
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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),