M 5.2 in New Britain Region, P.N.G. on 20 Jun 2014 15:46 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 1034645
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 52.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.772 , 152.7497
Event Date: 20 Jun 2014 15:46 UTC
21 Jun 2014 01:46 Local
Exposed Population:
225752 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Jun 2014 16:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 523 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Sismo de 8.0 en Alaska activa alerta de tsunami en oceáno PacíficoTue, 24 Jun 2014 04:18:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 8.0 sacudió este lunes las costas de Alaska, Estados Unidos, lo que generó una alerta de tsunami en el oceáno Pacífico informó el Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis del Pacífico (PTWC, por sus siglas en inglés).
Magnitude-7.9 Alaska quake spawns small tsunamiTue, 24 Jun 2014 04:16:00 +0200.

A strong earthquake near Alaska's Aleutian Islands triggered a tsunami warning Monday, but only small waves measuring several inches hit coastal communities.
Emiten alerta de Tsunami para Alaska tras sismo de 7 grados registrado ... Tue, 24 Jun 2014 04:12:00 +0200.

(23 de junio 2014. El Venezolano) Se ha emitido una alerta de tsunami para partes de las Islas Aleutianas en Alaska después de un fuerte terremoto. El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos informa que un sismo de magnitud 7,1 se registros el
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Pazifik: Tsunami bleibt nach schwerem Seebeben ausTue, 24 Jun 2014 04:06:00 +0200.

Das Beben war gewaltig, die Ausläufer noch weit entfernt zu spüren. Die Behörden gaben einen Tsunami-Alarm aus. Doch die große Flutwelle blieb in der dünn besiedelten Region aus.

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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),