M 5.1 in Flores Region, Indonesia on 31 Dec 2020 10:18 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 1249812
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 122.84 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.8164 , 122.348
Event Date: 31 Dec 2020 10:18 UTC
31 Dec 2020 18:18 Local
Exposed Population:
810000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Dec 2020 10:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000d4iv Scaled population (vector) 6.03  
  C1 earthquake 1.54  
  C2 earthquake -0.64  
  Country Vulnerability 0.09  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Indonesia: Magnitude-5.1 offshore earthquake in Savu Sea Dec. 31Thu, 31 Dec 2020 13:45:00 +0100.

Magnitude-5.1 offshore earthquake occurs in the Savu Sea, Indonesia, at 1818 Dec. 31. No immediate reports of damage or injuries.

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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),