M 5.6 in Indonesia on 27 Dec 2025 00:22 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 1516881
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.5328 , 102.3143
Event Date: 27 Dec 2025 00:22 UTC
27 Dec 2025 07:22 Local
Exposed Population: 5 thousand in MMI&>=V
Inserted at: 27 Dec 2025 00:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rkyz Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

M5.6 Earthquake Hits Bengkulu, BMKG: Two Aftershocks Detected 12/27/2025 2:11:00 AM.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A 5.6 magnitude tectonic earthquake shook the South Coast of North Bengkulu on Saturday, December 27, 2025, at 07:22:32 a.m. Western Indonesia Time (WIB), as reported by the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agenc
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Moderate earthquake hits southern Sumatra, no tsunami threat, says Met.. 12/27/2025 1:55:00 AM.

KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck southern Sumatra, Indonesia, at 8.22am on Saturday (Dec 27) morning. In a statement on Saturday, the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) advised tha
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Strong mag. 5.6 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 24 km south of Pulau Enggan.. 12/27/2025 1:04:00 AM.

Alert level for this earthquake: Level GREEN Based on seismic and statistical models, USGS estimates that the risk of fatalities and damage from this earthquake is low . The main factors that contribute to this evaluation are: The maximum e
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8000 dead in northeast, 500 000 displaced, TRO ... 12/26/2025 11:02:00 PM.

8000 dead in northeast, 500 000 displaced, TRO appeals for help [TamilNet, Monday, 27 December 2004, 20:35 GMT] "8000 dead and 500,000 displaced in northeast of the Island of Sri Lanka", said The Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) in
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),