M 5.7 in Indonesia on 17 Aug 2026 00:46 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 1559203
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 48.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.2665 , 121.5148
Event Date: 17 Aug 2026 00:46 UTC
17 Aug 2026 08:46 Local
Exposed Population: 840 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 17 Aug 2026 01:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usd0015eay 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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Indonesia, Papa Leone XIV “Vicinanza alle vittime del devastante terre.. 8/17/2026 10:27:00 AM.

ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Papa Leone XIV “è profondamente rattristato della devastazione causata dal terremoto nella regione di Nusa Tenggara Orientale e offre la sua solidarietà spirituale e la sua vicinanza a quanti continuano a subire le conseg
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Thousands await aid after deadly Indonesia quake as rescue work conduc.. 8/17/2026 10:26:00 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),