Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 29 Mar 2015 23:48 UTC

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M 7.5 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.4 m) in Papua New Guinea on 29 Mar 2015 23:48 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1051144
Earthquake Magnitude:	7.5M
Depth:	40 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.7599 , 152.5556
Event Date:	29 Mar 2015 23:48 UTC 30 Mar 2015 09:48 Local
Exposed Population:	About 3000 people in MMI 230000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	30 Mar 2015 00:41 UTC
Maximum Wave Height observed:	0.03 m

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.2		1.2		1.2
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	1.41m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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