M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 14 May 2015 10:43 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 1054814
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 54.03 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.1759 , 151.4118
Event Date: 14 May 2015 10:43 UTC
14 May 2015 20:43 Local
Exposed Population:
About 61095 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 May 2015 11:17 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 354 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

[Portrait[ Philippe Besson, le pompier limougeaud chevalier de l'human ... Mon, 18 May 2015 10:40:00 +0200.

Devenir pompier, il en rêvait, comme tant de garçons de son âge. Mais contrairement à d'autres, Philippe Besson s'est accroché à ses rêves. Cette passion pour les soldats du feu, il le savait, deviendrait un jour sa profession. Il ne pouvai
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Kenya: Panicking teachers brace selves for hell as new tyrannical depu ... Mon, 18 May 2015 10:32:00 +0200.

Meta Meta has a new deputy principal. Schola, our rumour mill caretaker, as early as last term had tipped Donatta of looming changes in the school administration. She had, however, sworn her to secrecy. Donatta, finding it selfish to keep s
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Merasa Tanah Diserobot Pemkab setelah Tsunami, Warga DemoMon, 18 May 2015 08:48:00 +0200.

MEULABOH, KOMPAS.com - Ratusan warga yang tergusur dari pemukiman di Desa Padang Seurahet, Kecamatan Johan Pahlawan, Aceh Barat, melakukan aksi demonstrasi ke Mapolres setempat. Warga mendesak kepolisian selaku penegak hukum segera menyeles
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El mar de los tembloresMon, 18 May 2015 07:31:00 +0200.

Ya no estoy tan tranquilo frente al mar. Antes, cuando iba a la playa, lo contemplaba desde una mecedora o colgaba a la hora de la siesta una hamaca y me dormía plácido, arrullado por el sonido de las olas. Ahora, desde que leí sobre las po
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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),