Indonesia Earthquake Impact Data for January 31, 2025

110,113 people were impacted within 50km of a magnitude 5.8 earthquake near Tapaktuan, Indonesia, on January 31, 2025. The dataset contains geospatial information on the event, including epicenter coordinates and depth, produced by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system. It was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the affected population density based on the reported 110,113 impacted people within 50km.
• Analyze seismic risk and event characteristics based on the magnitude, depth, and epicenter coordinates.
• Support rapid humanitarian needs assessment based on the automated disaster analysis methodology described.
• Integrate with other geospatial layers for compound risk analysis based on the GEOJSON format.

Strengths

• Specific impact figure of 110,113 people affected provides a concrete scale for analysis.
• Precise event details including magnitude (5.8), depth (68.595 km), and epicenter coordinates (3.1766, 97.0339).
• Data originates from an operational humanitarian analysis system (WFP ADAM), suggesting a defined use case.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.
• The dataset describes a single event, limiting temporal analysis.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Automated collection, analysis, and mapping of geospatial and socio-economic information following sudden onset emergencies.

Time Range

Event date: January 31, 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 21:46:14.627119; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Epicenter 19km SW of Tapaktuan, Indonesia (latitude 3.1766, longitude 97.0339).