M 5.5 in Indonesia on 16 Aug 2026 06:51 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 1558840
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.9322 , 120.5855
Event Date: 16 Aug 2026 06:51 UTC
16 Aug 2026 14:51 Local
Exposed Population: 480 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 16 Aug 2026 07:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tl6a Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Terremoto in Indonesia, le macerie degli edifici distrutti a Ruteng 8/16/2026 8:18:00 AM.

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Terremoto in Indonesia, le macerie degli edifici distrutti a Ruteng 8/16/2026 8:15:00 AM.

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Dozens killed in eastern Indonesia by magnitude 7.7 quake 8/16/2026 8:11:00 AM.

At least 47 people were killed after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday (August 15), the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said in its latest statement. - REUTERS. Dozens
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),