M 4.7 in Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. on 14 Oct 2014 13:47 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 1041439
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 57.25 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.67 , 147.7
Event Date: 14 Oct 2014 13:47 UTC
14 Oct 2014 23:47 Local
Exposed Population:
About 67001 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Oct 2014 16:57 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: 315 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

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Wereldwijd zijn vorig jaar in totaal 99,815 miljoen mensen getroffen door een ramp. Die rampen hebben aan 22.452 mensen het leven gekost, zo blijkt donderdag uit het Wereldrampenrapport van het Rode Kruis. De aantallen liggen onder het gemi
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Casi cien millones de personas fueron afectadas por algún desastre en ... Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:33:00 +0200.

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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),