M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 06 Aug 2014 20:35 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 1037300
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 54.18 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.22 , 150.85
Event Date: 06 Aug 2014 20:35 UTC
07 Aug 2014 06:35 Local
Exposed Population:
About 75830 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Aug 2014 21:00 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: 521 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

Tajfun i potres u JapanuSun, 10 Aug 2014 08:41:00 +0200.

Zbog tajfuna vlasti su proglasile najviši stupanj uzbune i evakuirale 1,6 milijuna ljudi. Jaka kiša i vjetar uzrokovali su velike poteškoće u prometu.
Erdbeben der Stärke 6,1 in Japan - Keine Tsunami-WarnungSun, 10 Aug 2014 08:41:00 +0200.

Tokio (dpa) Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 6,1 hat den Norden Japans erschüttert. Der Meteorologiebehörde zufolge lag das Zentrum des Bebens am frühen Nachmittag Ortszeit vor der Ostküste der Provinz Aomori in 50 Kilometern Tiefe. Berichte über Sc
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Typhoon weakens after slamming Japan; 1 dead, more than 50 hurt, 1.2 m ... Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:31:00 +0200.

TOKYO — A tropical storm was moving out into the Sea of Japan on Sunday after lashing the country with rain and winds, leaving one person dead, more than 50 injured and prompting evacuation alerts for about 1.2 million residents near swolle
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Tajfun i potres pogodili Japan, evakuirano 1,6 milijuna ljudiSun, 10 Aug 2014 08:30:00 +0200.

Jednog muškarca odnijela je bujica u prefekturi Gifu i kasnije je umro u bolnici, a u prefekturi Wakayami nestao je jedan surfer. Ozlijeđeno je 33 ljudi.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),