M 5.5 in Indonesia on 24 Feb 2026 07:46 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 1525984
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.1052 , 138.8515
Event Date: 24 Feb 2026 07:46 UTC
24 Feb 2026 16:46 Local
Exposed Population: 4 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 24 Feb 2026 08:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rzxu Scaled population (raster) 0.48  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update Week 6 | 16 – 22 Feb 2026 2/26/2026 7:21:00 AM.

Attachments REGIONAL SUMMARY: During the eighth week of 2026, a total of 27 disaster events were reported across the ASEAN region, including droughts, floods, landslides, storms, and strong winds in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and
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5.0-magnitude quake hits 109 km WNW of Pariaman, Indonesia -- USGS 2/25/2026 9:44:00 PM.

BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 109 km WNW of Pariaman, Indonesia at 1749 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 72.4 km, was initially determined to be at
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),