M 5.6 in Indonesia on 27 Mar 2020 14:32 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 1211691
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.2086 , 133.6114
Event Date: 27 Mar 2020 14:32 UTC
27 Mar 2020 23:32 Local
Exposed Population: About 500 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Mar 2020 14:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70008h8n Scaled population (raster) 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: 123 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

La Armada envía el buque anfibio L-51 Galicia a Melilla para hacer de ... Tue, 31 Mar 2020 14:23:00 +0200.

La Armada está preparando algunos de sus principales embarcaciones para apoyar en la lucha contra la pandemia del coronavirus. El primero que será desplegado será el buque de asalto anfibio L-51 Galicia , que será enviado en próximas fechas
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El presidente de Indonesia: «Necesitamos tres semanas para evaluar los ... Tue, 31 Mar 2020 06:37:00 +0200.

Poco a poco, como sucede todo en Indonesia, la ayuda humanitaria va llegando a las zonas de la isla de Célebes sacudidas el viernes por un terremoto y golpeadas luego por un potente tsunami. Después de seis días sin comida ni agua, los conv
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Quake shakes eastern Indonesia amid virus outbreakMon, 30 Mar 2020 18:20:00 +0200.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong inland and shallow earthquake hit parts of Indonesia's Sulawesi island late Saturday night, sending people fleeing despite appeals by officials to keep distance to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Th
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Sismo sacude isla indonesia de Celebés; causa pánicoMon, 30 Mar 2020 17:33:00 +0200.

YAKARTA (AP) — Un fuerte sismo en tierra firme y a poca profundidad sacudió zonas de la isla indonesia de Celebés la madrugada del domingo, lo que causó que la población saliera de sus casas pese a la petición hecha por las autoridades de q
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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),