M 5.5 in Indonesia on 17 Jun 2019 05:43 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 1182811
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 109.09 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.8495 , 123.0358
Event Date: 17 Jun 2019 05:43 UTC
17 Jun 2019 13:43 Local
Exposed Population: 630000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Jun 2019 05:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us600041lh Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 124 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Sacude a Indonesia nuevo sismo de magnitud 6,3 en la escala RichterFri, 21 Jun 2019 05:02:00 +0200.

Yakarta, 20 jun (VNA)- Un sismo de magnitud 6,3 en la escala Richter sacudió hoy la provincia de Papúa, el Este de Indonesia, sin que hasta el momento se precisen pérdidas de vidas humanas ni se considere peligro de tsunami, informó una fue
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Indonesia: Indonesia - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, BMKG, media) (ECHO Dai ... Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:41:00 +0200.

An earthquake of 6.3 M at the depth of 12 km hit northern Papua on 20 June at 17.24 UTC. The epicentre was located approximately 245 km west of the city of Abepura (Papua Province). Up to 1,000 people were exposed to a very strong shaking a
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Un séisme de magnitude 6,3 frappe l'est de l'Indonésie, pas d'alerte a ... Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:47:00 +0200.

Jakarta (VNA) - Un puissant séisme d'une magnitude de 6,3 sur l'échelle de Richter a secoué jeudi 20 juin la province indonésienne de Papouasie (Est), sans qu'une alerte au tsunami soit émise. Selon l’Institut d’études géologiques des Etats
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Strong quake hits Indonesia, no reports of damage There is no risk of ... Thu, 20 Jun 2019 08:57:00 +0200.

A powerful earthquake struck Indonesia early on Thursday, 248 km west of Jayapura, Irian Jaya, in the province of West Papua, the US Geological Survey said. It said the quake had a magnitude of 6.3, revising its initial estimate of the magn
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),