M 5 in Indonesia on 24 Sep 2017 20:10 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 1122252
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 96.97 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.3959 , 102.0863
Event Date: 24 Sep 2017 20:10 UTC
25 Sep 2017 03:10 Local
Exposed Population:
1810000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Sep 2017 20:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000au0l Scaled population (vector) 6.45  
  C1 earthquake 1.54  
  C2 earthquake -0.64  
  Country Vulnerability 0.09  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 638 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Study Confirms Large Earthquakes Along Olympic Mountain FaultsThu, 28 Sep 2017 19:05:00 +0200.

The study published September 27 in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America estimates that the two most recent earthquakes on the faults, one occurring around 2900 years ago and one occurring 1300 years ago, were likely of magn
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Dalam 2 Hari, Halmahera Barat Diguncang Gempa Sebanyak 605 KaliThu, 28 Sep 2017 18:28:00 +0200.

Jakarta - Wilayah Halmahera Barat diguncang gempa secara terus-menerus sejak hari Rabu (27/9). Dalam kurun waktu 2 hari, Halmahera Barat diguncang gempa sebanyak 605 kali. "Sejak 27 September 2017 pukul 21.09 WIB hingga saat ini, 28 Septemb
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Tsunamis ermöglichen Arten lange SeereisenThu, 28 Sep 2017 18:22:00 +0200.

Washington/Wien. (gral) Jener Tsunami, der im Jahr 2011 über die japanische Tohoku-Region hereingebrochen war, löste eine beispiellose Wanderung Hunderter Meeresspezies aus, wie Wissenschafter des Smithsonian Environmental Research Center,
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Taranto. Coste italiane: i risultati dell'attività di ricerca il 29 se ... Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:57:00 +0200.

I geomorfologi italiani hanno fatto sopralluoghi e approfondito casi studio distribuiti lungo tutta la fascia costiera italiana . I risultati dell’attività di ricerca, che dura da diversi anni, verranno presentati alla stampa per la prima v
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),