M 5.9 in Indonesia on 14 Sep 2018 15:50 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 1156666
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 32.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.7575 , 138.7561
Event Date: 14 Sep 2018 15:50 UTC
15 Sep 2018 00:50 Local
Exposed Population: About 3000 people in MMI
200000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Sep 2018 16:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000hep2 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 317 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

World: 115,000 people evacuate in the Indian Ocean-wide tsunami exerci ... Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:21:00 +0200.

A record 115,000 people in the Indian Ocean region evacuated during the tsunami exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18) conducted on 4-5 September 2018. The exercise was coordinated by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
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MIL-OSI Translation: Roskosmos. Information about the conducted space ... Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:21:00 +0200.

MIL OSI Translation. Region: Russia – Source: Russia Federal Space. Roskosmos. Information on the conducted space imagery 18.09.2018 08: 50In August 2018, the State Corporation “Roskosmos” carried out a space survey of the territories of th
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Indonesia traza planes de respuesta a desastres naturales durante reun ... Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:19:00 +0200.

Yakarta (VNA)- Las autoridades de Indonesia se empeñan hoy en considerar todos los planes para garantizar la seguridad de los estadistas extranjeros quienes asistirán a la Reunión del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) y el Banco Mundial (
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115,000 people evacuate in the Indian Ocean-wide tsunami exerciseTue, 18 Sep 2018 04:33:00 +0200.

A record 115,000 people in the Indian Ocean region evacuated during the tsunami exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18) conducted on 4-5 September 2018. The exercise was coordinated by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
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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),