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

GDACS Score

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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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 476 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Descartan alerta de tsunami tras sismo en Papúa Nueva GuineaMon, 30 Mar 2015 07:45:00 +0200.

El Centro de Alertas de Tsunami del Pacífico canceló este lunes la alerta de tsunami anunciada hace varias horas tras el que sacudió Un comunicado emitido por el organismo detalla que en las próximas horas podrían registrarse olas de poca a
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Cutremur cu magnitudinea de 7,5 grade pe scara RICHTERMon, 30 Mar 2015 07:44:00 +0200.

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 7,5 s-a produs luni în largul statului Papua Noua Guinee, generând o scurtă avertizare de tsunami pentru zonele de coastă din Pacificul de Sud şi Insulele Solomon din apropiere. Seismul s-a produs la 55 de ki
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Tsunami threat subsides after quake in Papua New GuineaMon, 30 Mar 2015 07:43:00 +0200.

(47 mins ago) A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea today. Startled residents fled their homes, but a tsunami threat passed with no immediate reports of major damage. The quake hit at a depth of 33 kilometers,
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Silne wstrząsy w Papui-Nowej Gwinei. Ogłoszono alarm tsunamiMon, 30 Mar 2015 07:43:00 +0200.

Trzęsienie ziemi o sile 7,7 w skali Richtera nawiedziło w poniedziałek wybrzeże Papui-Nowej Gwinei – poinformowały amerykańskie służby geologiczne (USGS). Jednocześnie ostrzeżono przed falami tsunami w promieniu tysiąca kilometrów wokół epi
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),