M 5.4 in Indonesia on 17 Aug 2026 10:44 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 1559422
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.9289 , 120.4324
Event Date: 17 Aug 2026 10:44 UTC
17 Aug 2026 18:44 Local
Exposed Population: 240 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 17 Aug 2026 11:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usd0015ed8 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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Latest media headlines

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Fear grips children after deadly earthquake in Indonesia leaves thousa.. 8/18/2026 6:49:00 AM.

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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),