M 5.9 in Indonesia on 03 Apr 2021 18:42 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 1263382
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 328.74 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.1144 , 128.1131
Event Date: 03 Apr 2021 18:42 UTC
04 Apr 2021 03:42 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Apr 2021 19:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000dysl Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 153 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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Hazard cascadesWed, 07 Apr 2021 18:30:00 +0200.

What differentiates geological hazards from geological processes is the potential to cause damage to, and loss of, life and property. Globally, it’s estimated that more than 600 million people live in areas susceptible to volcanic hazards a
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Hazard cascadesWed, 07 Apr 2021 18:24:00 +0200.

What differentiates geological hazards from geological processes is the potential to cause damage to, and loss of, life and property. Globally, it’s estimated that more than 600 million people live in areas susceptible to volcanic hazards a
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Earthquake, Magnitude 3.9 - NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA - 2021 Ap ... Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:59:00 +0200.

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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),