M 5.3 in Indonesia on 02 Jul 2013 13:55 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 1000351
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 18.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.7065 , 96.7497
Event Date: 02 Jul 2013 13:55 UTC
02 Jul 2013 20:55 Local
Exposed Population:
1751834 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Jul 2013 16:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia 7/6/2013 12:24:00 PM.

CNN - A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on Saturday, days after a temblor left dozens dead in the nation. The quake struck off the island of Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It had earlier stated it was a 6.4-magnitude quake
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6.4-magnitude quake hits Sumatra 7/6/2013 10:58:00 AM.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted south Sumatra off Indonesia Saturday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said. The epicentre, with a depth of 20 km, was determined at 3.2 degrees south latitude and 100.6 degrees east longitude, Xinhua .
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Isolated Aceh earthquake victims still wait for assistance 7/6/2013 10:20:00 AM.

Hundreds of Aceh earthquake victims from isolated villages in Central Aceh regencies were in dire need of assistance, according to an emergency response team. Hundreds of homes were destroyed after ...
Strong earthquake hits western Indonesia 7/6/2013 10:02:00 AM.

. A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on Saturday struck off Mentawai islands in western Indonesia, causing panic but officials said there were no reports of damages or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake w
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),