M 4.6 in Indonesia on 10 Jan 2017 17:10 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 1102935
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -8.1829 , 117.5704
Event Date: 10 Jan 2017 17:10 UTC
11 Jan 2017 01:10 Local
Exposed Population:
780000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Jan 2017 18:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007sdm Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

1/14/2017 4:18:00 PM.

Endonezya'nin Maluku Adalari'nda 5,6 büyüklügünde deprem meydana geldi. ABD Jeolojik Arastirmalar Merkezi, depremin merkez üssünün Maluku eyaletinin en büyük sehri Ternate'nin 121 kilometre kuzey batisi oldugunu açikladi. Depremin yer
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits off Indonesia's Maluku islands: USGS 1/14/2017 2:58:00 PM.

NNA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 struck off Indonesia's Maluku archipelago on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was recorded 120 km (75 miles) west-northwest of the island of Ternate at 1141 GMT
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits off Indonesia's Maluku islands - USGS 1/14/2017 2:42:00 PM.

Jan 14 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 struck off Indonesia's Maluku archipelago on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was recorded 120 km (75 miles) west-northwest of the island of Ternat
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits off Indonesia’s Maluku islands: USGS 1/14/2017 2:38:00 PM.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 struck off Indonesia's Maluku archipelago on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was recorded 120 km (75 miles) west-northwest of the island of Ternate at 1141 GMT, a
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),