M 5.3 in Papua New Guinea on 03 Mar 2016 21:47 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 1081810
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.2844 , 148.7739
Event Date: 03 Mar 2016 21:47 UTC
04 Mar 2016 07:47 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Mar 2016 22:09 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: 604 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

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Tras cinco años de investigación penal, finalmente los seis acusados por la fallida alerta de maremoto tras el megasismo registrado en la zona centro sur del país la madrugada del 27 de febrero de 2010, aceptaron los requisitos de la Fiscal
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Riorganizzazione della rete ospedaliera, Sculco (Cir): Effetto Tsunami ... Mon, 07 Mar 2016 21:29:00 +0100.

di Redazione. Lunedì 07 Marzo 2016 - 19:04 "Se per la Calabria il decreto n. 30 emesso dal commissario per il piano di rientro suona come un'ennesima e intollerabile prevaricazione, la riorganizzazione della rete ospedaliera, cosi' com'e' s
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Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea Drought, Floods and Conflict Respon ... Mon, 07 Mar 2016 21:28:00 +0100.

Highlights IOM conducted a weeklong training on conservation agriculture to 110 members of drought affected communities in Jiwaka, Enga and Simbu Provinces. In response to recent flooding and landslides in the Highlands and Momoase regions,
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Publicado un manuscrito inédito sobre el terremoto de LisboaMon, 07 Mar 2016 21:16:00 +0100.

Un inédito manuscrito sobre el devastador terremoto que asoló Lisboa el 1 de noviembre de 1755 fue hoy publicado en Portugal, informó el Ayuntamiento de la capital. El manuscrito se atribuye a un monje portugués que residió en el monasterio
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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),