M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 07 Jun 2016 14:29 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 1087761
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 88.99 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.7167 , 149.935
Event Date: 07 Jun 2016 14:29 UTC
08 Jun 2016 00:29 Local
Exposed Population:
148241 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Jun 2016 19:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us200062j6 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

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China to install tsunami detection buoys in disputed South China SeaSat, 11 Jun 2016 11:43:00 +0200.

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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),