M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 25 Oct 2014 20:49 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 1042074
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 62.71 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.53 , 151.82
Event Date: 25 Oct 2014 20:49 UTC
26 Oct 2014 06:49 Local
Exposed Population:
About 45562 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Oct 2014 21:54 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: 98 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Le Japon aurait-il pu prévoir l'éruption du mont Ontake ?Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:37:00 +0200.

VOLCANS - L'éruption du mont Ontake a déjà fait 36 morts. Elle pose la question des dangers que représentent les 40 volcans les plus actifs.
Volcanes serían obstáculo para reinicio de actividad nuclear en JapónTue, 30 Sep 2014 21:28:00 +0200.

La erupción volcánica del fin de semana en el Monte Ontake podría fortalecer la campaña de activistas para que los 48 reactores de Japón se mantengan cerrados, pese a que la NRA ha dicho que dos reactores en el sur de Japón cumplen con las
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Tokyo consacre 5 % de son budget à la gestion des séismes, tsunamis et ... Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:40:00 +0200.

Les multiples catastrophes naturelles qui touchent le Japon chaque année lui coûtent très cher en vies humaines et en argent public.
Teste de um novo sistema de alerta de tsunamis em Setúbal Experiência ... Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:07:00 +0200.

Um novo Sistema de Alerta de Tsunamis, desenvolvido pelo Centro Comum de Investigação da Comissão Europeia (JRC), será testado em Setúbal (Portugal) no dia 2 de outubro de 2014. A experiência irá avaliar a eficácia da análise em tempo real
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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),