M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 12 Sep 2015 01:42 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 1065326
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 26.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.9707 , 146.6076
Event Date: 12 Sep 2015 01:42 UTC
12 Sep 2015 11:42 Local
Exposed Population:
553644 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Sep 2015 02:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 415 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Australian Tsunami Warning Centre staff cry foul at penalty shift pay ... Wed, 16 Sep 2015 01:38:00 +0200.

The scientists who work around the clock operating Australia's tsunami early warning system say their wages are about to be slashed in the latest stage of the public service cost-cutting drive. The specialists at the Australian Tsunami Warn
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Marina to get state-of-the-art aquariumTue, 15 Sep 2015 22:04:00 +0200.

CHENNAI: Something fishy is brewing at Marina, but it's something to cheer about. Tamil Nadu Fisheries Development Corporation planning to set up a marine aquarium near the swimming pool. Officials said the aquarium, which will give a peep
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Er der en politisk leder til stede?Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:04:00 +0200.

Ifølge Steen Hildebrandt, som er en af Danmarks førende eksperter i ledelse, er det gode lederskab karakteriseret ved evnen til at kunne tænke langsigtet, udstikke retningslinjer, tænke værdibaseret, kunne foretage svære prioriteringer, det
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El SSN señala al sismo de 1985 como el más destructivoTue, 15 Sep 2015 19:55:00 +0200.

Se presentan datos en el estudio ''Cien años de Sismicidad'' Más de 200 terremotos mayores a 6 grados se han registrado en México desde 1900, 21 han ocurrido en los últimos 15 años. CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (15/SEP/2015).- Más de 200 terremotos su
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),