M 5.8 in Indonesia on 02 Apr 2026 14:34 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 1532627
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.2035 , 126.3735
Event Date: 02 Apr 2026 14:34 UTC
02 Apr 2026 23:34 Local
Exposed Population: 30 thousand in MMI>=IV
Inserted at: 02 Apr 2026 14:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000sm21 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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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Earthquake off Indonesia topples buildings, kills 1 person and sets of.. 4/3/2026 10:32:00 AM.

MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — An undersea magnitude 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern , sent people fleeing from their homes, killed at least one person and generated a small tsunami Thursday. Strong shaking lasting 10 to 20
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Quake rattles eastern Indonesia coast 4/3/2026 10:07:00 AM.

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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),