M 4.6 in Indonesia on 27 Mar 2015 20:25 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 1051013
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 43.43 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.8532 , 96.1413
Event Date: 27 Mar 2015 20:25 UTC
28 Mar 2015 03:25 Local
Exposed Population:
1724245 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Mar 2015 17:05 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 346 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Govt to revive Nias tourism after earthquakes 10 years agoMon, 30 Mar 2015 02:10:00 +0200.

The central government has made a pledge to revive the tourist industry in Nias Islands, North Sumatra, which has been declining since the earthquakes that hit the region 10 years ago, a minister said. Tourism Minister Arif Yahya said Nias
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Tragedia en el norte IIMon, 30 Mar 2015 01:32:00 +0200.

Señor director: Tras la trágica y devastadora experiencia que significó el terremoto y posterior tsunami del 27 de febrero del 2010, quedaron de manifiesto las debilidades y falencias que tenía la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi). Poc
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La víctima del 27/F que viajó a sacar barroMon, 30 Mar 2015 01:32:00 +0200.

A unos 60 kilómetros al sureste de Copiapó la vegetación ha ido surgiendo en algunos cerros. Es un paisaje poco habitual para una región desértica, donde las tonalidades verdes parecieran no ser parte de los suelos atacameños, y que por est
...(more)
Leonardo Farkas viaja a Chile para ayudar a damnificados del norteSun, 29 Mar 2015 20:34:00 +0200.

Leonardo Farkas confirmó en su cuenta oficial de Twitter que está viajando a Chile, para ir en ayuda de la gente afectada por las lluvias y aluviones de la zona norte del país. Sin embargo, no es la primera ayuda que entregará en la zona, y
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),