M 5.9 in Indonesia on 08 Sep 2020 00:45 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 1233484
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 174.42 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.9008 , 129.7617
Event Date: 08 Sep 2020 00:45 UTC
08 Sep 2020 09:45 Local
Exposed Population: About 7000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Sep 2020 00:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000bjgb Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 227 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Indonesia rolls out JRC-designed system to enhance Tsunami Early Warni ... Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:07:00 +0200.

Indonesia has announced plans to roll out a tsunami early warning system based on the Inexpensive Device for Sea Level Monitoring (IDSL). The system was developed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre with support from the Comm
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Former AP newsperson Ali Kotarumalos dies in IndonesiaWed, 09 Sep 2020 16:33:00 +0200.

Associated Press journalist Ali Kotarumalos sits for a portrait in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2018. Kotarumalos, who worked as a newsperson at the Jakarta bureau of the Associated Press for more than three decades, passed away on Wednesday, Sep
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Former AP newsperson Ali Kotarumalos dies in Indonesia JAKARTA, Indone ... Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:50:00 +0200.

© Provided by Associated Press Associated Press journalist Ali Kotarumalos sits for a portrait in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2018. Kotarumalos, who worked as a newsperson at the Jakarta bureau of the Associated Press for more than three decades
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Former AP newsperson Ali Kotarumalos dies in IndonesiaWed, 09 Sep 2020 15:46:00 +0200.

He died Wednesday at a Jakarta hospital from lung cancer, which he had battled for three years. Kotarumalos joined AP's Jakarta Bureau as a news staffer in 1982. He covered the fall of President Suharto and Indonesia's transition to democra
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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),