M 4.6 in Indonesia on 09 Apr 2017 11:41 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 1109826
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.8144 , 138.8344
Event Date: 09 Apr 2017 11:41 UTC
09 Apr 2017 20:41 Local
Exposed Population:
190000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Apr 2017 12:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008g1s Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Homeless ‘tsunami’ as 40 sleep on one street 4/13/2017 10:26:00 AM.

A leading homelessness campaigner has said services for the homeless are in “turmoil”, as more than 40 people slept rough on one street, writes Joyce Fegan. Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH) conduct outreach services in the capital every n
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At the epicenter of the quake: Stories from Tingloy, Batangas 4/13/2017 9:55:00 AM.

TINGLOY, BATANGAS Widow Zoraida Dimaala, 69, lost a roof to Typhoon Nina last year. But in the recent twin quake that hit this island town, she lost an entire house. From a vacant lot in front of a cousin's house, Dimaala would regularly go
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Researchers seek new ways to improve earthquake risk communications 4/13/2017 9:49:00 AM.

The public wants to know more about earthquake risk and how best to manage it, surveys show, but scientists and engineers must adapt their communication skills to meet these public needs, researchers will report at the 2017 Seismological So
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Homeless ‘tsunami’ as 40 sleep on one street 4/13/2017 9:06:00 AM.

A leading homelessness campaigner has said services for the homeless are in “turmoil”, as more than 40 people slept rough on one street, writes Joyce Fegan. Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH) conduct outreach services in the capital every n
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),