M 6.9 in Banda Sea on 21 Aug 2020 04:09 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 1231144
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 627.33 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.6704 , 123.4927
Event Date: 21 Aug 2020 04:09 UTC
21 Aug 2020 12:09 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Aug 2020 04:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000bi4p Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
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Latest media headlines

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6.9-magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia: USGSSun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:00 +0200.

By AFP Aug 21, 2020 in World A 6.9-magnitude quake struck eastern Indonesia on Friday, the US Geological Survey reported, but there was no tsunami warning issued and no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. In Kupang city, far s
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North Queensland Hit by Second Earthquake Of The YearSun, 23 Aug 2020 08:56:00 +0200.

, their second for the year. The 4.9 magnitude quake occurred about 1 p.m. AEST on Aug. 23 about 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of Charters Towers, according to Geoscience The quake, about 10km deep, has so far caused no damage, with peop
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6.9-magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia: USGSSat, 22 Aug 2020 08:02:00 +0200.

A 6.9-magnitude quake struck eastern Indonesia on Friday, the US Geological Survey reported, but there was no tsunami warning issued and no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. In Kupang city, far south of the quake's epicentre
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6.9-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off IndonesiaSat, 22 Aug 2020 06:12:00 +0200.

Traditional fishermen prepare their fishing boats at Oeba port, in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara province in this file photo. (AFP Photo) A 6.9-magnitude quake struck eastern Indonesia on Friday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) repo
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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 (84), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),