M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 05 Oct 2014 05:16 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 1040882
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 61.83 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.39 , 152.02
Event Date: 05 Oct 2014 05:16 UTC
05 Oct 2014 15:16 Local
Exposed Population:
About 31611 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Oct 2014 05:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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: 181 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

El jueves se realizará simulacro nocturno de sismo a nivel nacionalThu, 09 Oct 2014 02:56:00 +0200.

El indeci recordó que el simulacro se iniciará a las 8:00 p.m. de este jueves 9 de octubre.
Kæmpeøvelse: Tsunami rammer SønderjyllandThu, 09 Oct 2014 01:20:00 +0200.

Et internationalt redningshold øver sig i at redde menneskeliv i den største beredskabsøvelse nogen sinde på dansk grund.
Indeci realizará este jueves simulacro nocturno de sismo y tsunamiWed, 08 Oct 2014 20:04:00 +0200.

El simulacro nocturno se realizará a las 8:00 p.m. a nivel nacional. Con el fin de conocer la capacidad de respuesta de la población y autoridades ante un eventual sismo de gran magnitud, el Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil (Indeci) real
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Met lithium ga je langer meeWed, 08 Oct 2014 15:45:00 +0200.

Nee, niet alles gaat maar slechter. De Witkijker leest en denkt na over het nieuws en signaleert verhalen die hoopvolle ontwikkelingen laten zien, als tegenwicht voor de dagelijkse stroom onheil. Vandaag: lithium tegen ouderdomskwalen.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),