Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 29 Jun 2013 06:34 UTC

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M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 29 Jun 2013 06:34 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	EQ 1000315
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.0M
Depth:	96.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.3634 , 151.5251
Event Date:	29 Jun 2013 06:34 UTC 29 Jun 2013 16:34 Local
Exposed Population:	About 51942 people within 100km
Inserted at:	29 Jun 2013 08:53 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 381 | About casualties: 54 | Last hour: 0

Suben a 11 los muertos por sismo en IndonesiaTue, 02 Jul 2013 21:33:00 +0200.

El terremoto provocó el derrumbe de una mezquita en la que murieron seis niños y otros 14 quedaron atrapados, dijo el jefe de la agencia de gestión de desastres del distrito central de Aceh, Subhan Sahara ÚN | AFP.- Al menos 11 personas mur

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N.S. photographer documents Japan tsunami devastationTue, 02 Jul 2013 21:30:00 +0200.

A photographer who grew up in Lower Sackville is in Fukushima, Japan, documenting scenes of devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in 2011.

Indonésie: un séisme fait 11 morts et des blessés à AcehTue, 02 Jul 2013 21:17:00 +0200.

Lampahan (Indonésie) (AFP) Un séisme de magnitude 6,1 survenu mardi dans la province indonésienne d'Aceh, ravagée en 2004 par un tremblement de terre et un tsunami meurtriers, a fait au moins onze morts et une cinquantaine de blessés, a-t-o

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Terremoto na Indonésia: seis crianças mortas sob escombros de mesquitaTue, 02 Jul 2013 21:13:00 +0200.

Seis crianças morreram na Indonésia sob os escombros duma mesquita destruída por um terremoto, 14 outras continuam debaixo do edifício desmoronado.

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