M 5.9 in Papua New Guinea on 02 Feb 2015 08:25 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 1047903
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.5508 , 145.2076
Event Date: 02 Feb 2015 08:25 UTC
02 Feb 2015 18:25 Local
Exposed Population: About 500 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Feb 2015 08:45 UTC

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 242 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Sismo de 5.0 abala sudoeste do Japão, sem alerta de tsunamiFri, 06 Feb 2015 08:19:00 +0100.

. Lusa 06 Fev, 2015, 07:10. Um sismo de magnitude 5 na escala de Richter abalou hoje a região de Tokushima, no sudoeste do Japão, sem que tenha sido emitido alerta de tsunami, informaram as autoridades japonesas. A Agência Meteorológica do
...(more)
Sismo de 5.0 abala sudoeste do Japão, sem alerta de tsunamiFri, 06 Feb 2015 08:14:00 +0100.

. Lusa 06 Fev, 2015, 07:10. Um sismo de magnitude 5 na escala de Richter abalou hoje a região de Tokushima, no sudoeste do Japão, sem que tenha sido emitido alerta de tsunami, informaram as autoridades japonesas. A Agência Meteorológica do
...(more)
Fort séisme dans le sud-ouest du JaponFri, 06 Feb 2015 07:55:00 +0100.

Par: rédaction 6/02/15 - 07h16 Source: Belga © thinkstock. Un fort séisme de magnitude 5 s'est produit vendredi matin dans le sud-ouest du Japon, mais aucun risque de tsunami ni dégâts n'ont été rapportés dans l'immédiat malgré la force des
...(more)
Fort séisme dans le sud-ouest du Japon, ni tsunami ni dégâtsFri, 06 Feb 2015 07:06:00 +0100.

Les plus importantes trépidations ont touché la préfecture de Tokushima, sur l'île de Shikoku, à 10h25 locales (02h25 heure belge). Ce tremblement de terre a été précédé d'une alerte précoce quelques secondes avant qu'il ne soit ressenti à
...(more)

View more news

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 (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),