M 6.6 in Indonesia on 14 Jan 2022 09:05 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 1305884
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 37.19 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.9291 , 105.2513
Event Date: 14 Jan 2022 09:05 UTC
14 Jan 2022 16:05 Local
Exposed Population: 140000 people in MMI
1.7 million in 100km
Inserted at: 14 Jan 2022 09:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000gbu4 Scaled population (raster) 0.48 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -1.73 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.79      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.96      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 2397 | About casualties: 77 | Last hour: 0

Entire village reportedly destroyed after Tonga eruption2022-01-18T09:09+0100.

There are reports an entire village on Mango Island in Tonga has been wiped out after a volcanic eruption caused a tsunami. A view over Nomuka in Tonga from a New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance flight after the islands were
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Entire village reportedly destroyed after Tonga eruption2022-01-18T09:07+0100.

There are reports an entire village on Mango Island in Tonga has been wiped out after a volcanic eruption caused a tsunami. A view over Nomuka in Tonga from a New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance flight after the islands were
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These are the first pictures emerging out of Tonga following the volca ... 2022-01-18T09:04+0100.

Collapsed buildings, an ash-covered airport and catastrophic coastline damage. The first photos out of Tonga have emerged and they paint a bleak picture. Aerial images captured in the aftermath of what's thought to be the largest volcanic e
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Tonga remains cut off after massive eruption and tsunami. Here's what ... 2022-01-18T09:04+0100.

(CNN) The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts. Dramatic images from space captured the eruption in real time, as a huge
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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 (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),