M 6.2 in Timor-Leste on 27 May 2022 02:36 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 1324176
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 49 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.2465 , 127.2057
Event Date: 27 May 2022 02:36 UTC
27 May 2022 11:36 Local
Exposed Population: About 8000 people in MMI
220 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 27 May 2022 04:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Timor-Leste)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000hcwg Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.18      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 599 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

¿Cuáles son los distritos de Lima Metropolitana y Callao con mayor rie ... 2022-05-31T02:21+0200.

Durante la madrugada de este lunes 30 de mayo, un sismo de magnitud 4.9 con epicentro en Cañete sorprendió a miles de ciudadanos que residen en la capital peruana. Este evento natural se suma a los constantes movimientos telúricos registrad
...(more)
La Chine espère accroître son influence dans le Pacifique2022-05-31T01:02+0200.

Le ministre chinois des Affaires étrangères Wang Yi s'est entretenu, hier, avec de hauts responsables de dix nations du Pacifique, une offensive diplomatique qui suscite l'inquiétude du camp occidental. La volonté de Pékin d'accroître sa co
...(more)
Brazil's Bolsonaro surveys disaster area after rains kill nearly 1002022-05-31T00:42+0200.

Bolsonaro says such tragedies happen and a country with the size of a continent would have its share of problems. (Reuters) President Jair Bolsonaro has sent his condolences to the families of 91 people who died in torrential rains in north
...(more)
Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake 113 km northeast of Lospalos, Timor- ... 2022-05-31T00:02+0200.

An intermediate to deep magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported early morning near Lospalos, Municipio de Lautem, Timor-Leste. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Tuesday, May 31st, 2022, at 6
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),