M 5.7 in Indonesia on 21 Oct 2024 06:32 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 1450218
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.0991 , 127.4181
Event Date: 21 Oct 2024 06:32 UTC
21 Oct 2024 15:32 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand in MMI&>=V
Inserted at: 21 Oct 2024 06:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000p000 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - 100 km northeast of Calama, El Loa, Antof.. 10/25/2024 6:01:00 AM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Calama , a city with more than 140,000 inhabitants in Chile , in 89 km (55 mi) distance southwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there.
...(more)
Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region, on Friday, O.. 10/25/2024 3:37:00 AM.

Seismic station: Hachijojima Island (JHJ2/JP network) | Distance from quake: 221 km / 137 mi | Show on map Station Info Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive
...(more)
Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - Banda Sea, 129 km northeast of Metang I.. 10/25/2024 2:45:00 AM.

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 152 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.07 quakes per year (or 1 q
...(more)
What is the strongest earthquake ever recorded? 10/24/2024 10:09:00 PM.

Note that these are the highest magnitude earthquakes, not the ones that caused the highest death tolls or the most collateral damage. 1. Valdivia earthquake: 9.5 magnitude. The Valdivia earthquake of May 22, 1960, also known as the Great C
...(more)

View more news

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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),