ADAM Earthquake Event: Magnitude 6.5 Near Indonesia, July 2025

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake at 10.0 km depth occurred on July 28, 2025, 258 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia. The dataset, produced by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system, contains geospatial and socio-economic information for this event. It was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the earthquake's epicenter and affected area based on the provided latitude and longitude coordinates.
• Assess potential population exposure for disaster response based on the reported impact of 0 people within 50km.
• Analyze seismic event characteristics for risk modeling based on the provided magnitude and depth parameters.

Strengths

• Provides specific event parameters: magnitude 6.5, depth 10.0 km, and precise epicenter coordinates (6.6995, 93.1229).
• Data is from an operational humanitarian system (WFP ADAM) designed for rapid analysis.
• Available in standard geospatial formats (GEOJSON, CSV) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Collected, analyzed, and mapped by an automated system following a sudden-onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

Primary event date: July 28, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 21:43:50.341453; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Epicenter 258 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia; coordinates 6.6995 latitude, 93.1229 longitude.