M 6.4 in Indonesia on 22 Mar 2024 08:52 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1420595
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Glide number: EQ-2024-000033-IDN
Depth: 8.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.8668 , 112.3622
Event Date: 22 Mar 2024 08:52 UTC
22 Mar 2024 15:52 Local
Exposed Population: 30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 22 Mar 2024 09:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1 0 1
us6000mkfz Scaled population (raster) 3.55 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -1.73 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.79      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.96      
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Indonesia - Earthquakes, floods and landslides (ECHO 25 Mar 2024)Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:10

  • An earthquake of 6.4 M at a depth of 8.5 km occurred in the Java Sea, northern Java Island on 22 March at 8.52 UTC (at 15.52 local time). The epicentre was located 111 km north of Paciran sub-district, in Lamongan Regency in East Java Province.
  • An aftershock with a magnitude of 5.4 M have been recorded in the area.
  • USGS PAGER estimated that up to 2,000 people were exposed to severe shaking and up to 26,000 people to very strong shaking.
  • According to the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB) and the ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet), as of 25 March, two people have been injured, 33,535 people have been displaced in East Java Province and a total of 144,520 people have been affected. In addition, almost 4,679 houses and 183 public buildings have been damaged, the most affected is Gresik Regency.
  • BNPB also reports weather-related events occurred on 24 March in West Java Province: one person died due to a landslide in Sentul Village, Bogor Regency, West Java Province and nine people are still missing due to a flash flood and a landslide in West Bandung Regency.
M6.4 in Indonesia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationWed, 27 Mar 2024 14:57

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
M6.4 in Indonesia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationTue, 26 Mar 2024 13:19

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
M6.4 in Indonesia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationFri, 29 Mar 2024 07:44

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
M6.4 in Indonesia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationTue, 09 Apr 2024 07:34

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
M6.4 in Indonesia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationThu, 11 Apr 2024 09:15

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
M6.4 in Indonesia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationFri, 19 Apr 2024 08:38

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
M6.4 in Indonesia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationMon, 22 Apr 2024 08:37

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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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 (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),