M 5.6 in Papua New Guinea on 02 Mar 2018 03:01 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 1136249
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 28.69 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.056 , 142.5335
Event Date: 02 Mar 2018 03:01 UTC
02 Mar 2018 13:01 Local
Exposed Population: 460000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Mar 2018 03:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000dasx Scaled population (vector) -8  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
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Latest media headlines

Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea earthquake, 5 March 2018 3/6/2018 2:33:00 AM.

On Monday 26 February, an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude at 9 km depth struck the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea, particularly Hela and Southern Highlands provinces. A series of strong aftershocks have since been reported across the High
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Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea - Earthquake UPDATE (GDACS, media) .. 3/5/2018 4:31:00 PM.

One week after Papua New Guinea was hit by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, as a result of landslides, some badly affected areas are still inaccessible and it is not possible to deliver urgently needed supplies including food, water and healthca
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PNG LNG to remain closed for eight weeks following earthquake 3/5/2018 11:26:00 AM.

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - The Papua New Guinea (PNG) LNG facility, which is part owned by ASX-listed Santos, is expected to remain closed for about eight weeks following a February 26 earthquake. Santos, which has a 13.5% interest i
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Papua New Guinea earthquake death toll rises to 67 35 Mins The death t.. 3/5/2018 10:07:00 AM.

(CNN) - The death toll from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that hit Papua New Guinea's remote highlands last week has risen to 67, the Red Cross said, as massive aftershocks continued to rattle the region. The February 26 quake struck near Porg
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),