M 5.4 in Papua New Guinea on 08 Nov 2016 00:58 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 1097806
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 63.48 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.7905 , 146.4721
Event Date: 08 Nov 2016 00:58 UTC
08 Nov 2016 10:58 Local
Exposed Population:
448029 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Nov 2016 01:22 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000766z 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: 392 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Giappone, sisma magnitudo 5.8. No danniSat, 12 Nov 2016 00:45:00 +0100.

(Di venerdì 11 novembre 2016) (Ultime Notizie - Ultim'ora) Un terremoto di magnitudo 5.8 ha colpito la costa Nord Est del Giappone , ma non è stato diramato alcun allarme tsunami. Lo riferisce l'Agenzia meteorologica del Giappone . Il sisma
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Strong earthquake strikes off Japan's east coastSat, 12 Nov 2016 00:44:00 +0100.

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting a strong earthquake has struck just off the east coast of Japan. The magnitude-6.2 quake struck 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) from Onagawa near Sendai at 6:42 a.m. (2142 GMT) on Saturday, according to the
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Strong earthquake strikes off Japan's east coastSat, 12 Nov 2016 00:42:00 +0100.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting a strong earthquake has struck just off the east coast of Japan. The magnitude-6.2 quake struck 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from Onagawa near Sendai at 6:42 a.m. (2142 GMT) on Saturday,
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6.2 quake hits eastern Japan: USGSSat, 12 Nov 2016 00:39:00 +0100.

TOKYO (AFP) - A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake, at a depth of 44 kilometres (27 miles), struck shortly after 6:42 am (2142
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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),