M 5.5 in Indonesia on 17 Mar 2019 07:07 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 1173627
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 23.61 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.4179 , 116.5195
Event Date: 17 Mar 2019 07:07 UTC
17 Mar 2019 15:07 Local
Exposed Population: About 7000 people in MMI
3730000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Mar 2019 07:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000jhbv Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 221 | About casualties: 77 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake Hits Nganjuk; No Tsunami WarningThu, 21 Mar 2019 05:12:00 +0100.

. TEMPO.CO Jakarta - Nganjuk Regency was shaken by a tectonic on Tuesday, March 19, at 17:34 West Indonesia Time. The information was conveyed by I Nyoman Sukanta, Head of the Yogyakarta Class I Geophysics Station through a written stateme
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EU Civil Protection MechanismThu, 21 Mar 2019 04:12:00 +0100.

The overall objective of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism is to strengthen cooperation between Participating States in the field of civil protection, with a view to improving prevention, preparedness and response to disasters. Through the
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15:03 Indonésie : des couples non mariés fouettés pour avoir enfreint ... Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:20:00 +0100.

La police religieuse indonésienne a infligé le châtiment de la Charia, ce mercredi, à des couples non mariés, surpris en train de se faire des câlins, de se tenir la main ou d’avoir des relations sexuelles. Sélectionné pour vous : Vidéo ch
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10:52 Alertan sobre el peligro de erupciones volcánicas en IndonesiaTue, 19 Mar 2019 16:14:00 +0100.

19 de marzo de 2019, 10:52 Yakarta, 19 mar (Prensa Latina) El portavoz de la Agencia para el Manejo y Mitigación de Desastres de Indonesia (BNBP), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, advirtió hoy sobre el peligro de tres volcanes que se encuentro activos
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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.
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),