M 4.5 in Indonesia on 14 Nov 2024 15:42 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 1453416
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 541.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.2282 , 121.2182
Event Date: 14 Nov 2024 15:42 UTC
14 Nov 2024 23:42 Local
Exposed Population:
50 thousand in MMI I
Inserted at: 14 Nov 2024 16:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000nrrw Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - Indonesia: Northern Molucca Sea on Frid.. 11/15/2024 2:21:00 AM.

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 197 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.04 quakes per year (or 1 q
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 140 km SW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia: USGS 11/15/2024 1:05:00 AM.

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 140 km SW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia at 19:08:16 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 84.2 km, was initially determined
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 140 km SW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia: USGS 11/15/2024 1:03:00 AM.

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 140 km SW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia at 19:08:16 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 84.2 km, was initially determined
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Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - West Papua Region, Indonesia, on Friday.. 11/15/2024 12:10:00 AM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is , a town with 320 inhabitants in Indonesia , in 190 km (118 mi) distance east of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. The following t
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),