M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 13 Feb 2014 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 1025957
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 54.59 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.12 , 144.95
Event Date: 13 Feb 2014 14:29 UTC
14 Feb 2014 00:29 Local
Exposed Population:
199591 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Feb 2014 15:48 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 299 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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Filipinas | Un sismo de 5,8 grados golpea el noroeste del paísMon, 17 Feb 2014 13:04:00 +0100.

Un terremoto de 5,8 grados de magnitud ha sacudido hoy el noroeste de la isla filipina de Luzón, en el norte del país, sin que por el momento se haya informado de víctimas, ni alerta de tsunami. El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos, que
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Detectadas fugas de agua contaminada en una barrera de FukushimaMon, 17 Feb 2014 12:55:00 +0100.

Más de 19,2 toneladas de líquido radiactivo se han filtrado al suelo de la central
Detectadas fugas de agua contaminada en una barrera de FukushimaMon, 17 Feb 2014 12:37:00 +0100.

Más de 19,2 toneladas de líquido radiactivo se han filtrado al suelo de la central

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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),