Earthquake Impact Analysis for Indonesia, January 2026

Indonesia was impacted by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake on January 27, 2026, with an epicenter 20km west of Slahung. The dataset, created by the WFP’s Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system, provides geospatial and socio-economic information following the event. It was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping population exposure based on the reported 2,113,211 people impacted within 50km.
• Analyzing earthquake characteristics based on magnitude, depth, and precise epicenter coordinates.
• Integrating geospatial impact data with other socio-economic layers for vulnerability assessment.

Strengths

• Includes specific event details: magnitude 5.7, depth of 138.232 km, and precise latitude/longitude coordinates.
• Quantifies human impact with a specific figure of 2,113,211 people within a 50km radius.
• Produced by an operational humanitarian system (WFP ADAM) designed for emergency analysis.

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 modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

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: January 27, 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:08:29.573992; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Epicenter near Slahung, Indonesia (latitude -8.0323, longitude 111.2316).