Indonesia Earthquake on Mar 17 2025: Impact and Epicenter Data

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake impacted 58,938 people within 50km of its epicenter northwest of Bula, Indonesia. The data includes the event's precise latitude and longitude coordinates and a depth of 10.0 kilometers. It was generated by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system for rapid humanitarian response.

Use Cases

• Map population exposure to seismic hazards based on the reported 58,938 people impacted within 50km.
• Analyze earthquake characteristics for risk modeling based on the provided magnitude, depth, and epicenter coordinates.
• Support post-disaster needs assessment and resource allocation based on the automated analysis from a humanitarian mapping system.

Strengths

• Includes precise geolocation data with latitude (-2.8718) and longitude (130.1613).
• Provides specific impact metrics, including a magnitude of 5.8 and an affected population of 58,938 people.
• Originates from 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.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single event response.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping

Collection Method

Collected, analyzed, and mapped by the Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system following a sudden-onset emergency.

Time Range

Event occurred on Mar 17 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 21:45:30.193491; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Epicenter 45km NW of Bula, Indonesia.