M 5.7 in Indonesia on 17 Aug 2026 00:46 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 1559203
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 48.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.2665 , 121.5148
Event Date: 17 Aug 2026 00:46 UTC
17 Aug 2026 08:46 Local
Exposed Population: 840 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 17 Aug 2026 01:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usd0015eay Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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 di magnitudo 5.6 colpisce l''Indonesia 8/17/2026 2:52:00 AM.

(ANSA) - ROMA, 17 AGO - Un terremoto di magnitudo 5.6 è stato registrato al largo delle coste dell''Indonesia. Lo riporta l''Ingv, Istituto nazionale di geofisica e vulcanologia. L''epicentro si trovava a 175 chilometri a est della città di
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Terremoto di magnitudo 5.6 colpisce l''Indonesia 8/17/2026 2:43:00 AM.

(ANSA) - ROMA, 17 AGO - Un terremoto di magnitudo 5.6 è stato registrato al largo delle coste dell''Indonesia. Lo riporta l''Ingv, Istituto nazionale di geofisica e vulcanologia. L''epicentro si trovava a 175 chilometri a est della città di
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Terremoto di magnitudo 5.6 colpisce l''Indonesia 8/17/2026 2:43:00 AM.

(ANSA) - ROMA, 17 AGO - Un terremoto di magnitudo 5.6 è stato registrato al largo delle coste dell''Indonesia. Lo riporta l''Ingv, Istituto nazionale di geofisica e vulcanologia. L''epicentro si trovava a 175 chilometri a est della città di
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Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 53 as rescue operations conti.. 8/17/2026 2:27:00 AM.

A day after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia, rescue teams recovered six more bodies Sunday, raising the death toll to 53, while many of the thousands displaced spent the night outdoors in fear of aftershocks. Rescuers du
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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),