M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 30 Mar 2015 07:24 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 1051166
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.4075 , 153.0355
Event Date: 30 Mar 2015 07:24 UTC
30 Mar 2015 17:24 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1872 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Mar 2015 08:05 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 396 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

5.6-magnitude quake hits 69 km SW of Taron, Papua New Guinea -- USGSTue, 31 Mar 2015 15:36:00 +0200.

BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted 69 km SW of Taron, Papua New Guinea at 1215 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 35.0 km, was initially determi
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5.9-magnitude quake hits 61 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea -- USGSTue, 31 Mar 2015 15:36:00 +0200.

BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted 61 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea at 1218 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 32.74 km, was initially dete
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Major Earthquake Hits Papua New GuineaTue, 31 Mar 2015 15:14:00 +0200.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) oceanographer David Walsh looks at computer graphs at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, October 7, 2009, concerning the earthquake and tsunami warning near Papua
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Pământul s-a zguduit din nou! Un cutremur puternic s-a produs în urmă ... Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:12:00 +0200.

. Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 7,5 s-a produs luni în largul statului Papua Noua Guinee, generând o scurtă avertizare de tsunami pentru zonele de coastă din Pacificul de Sud. Cutremurul s-a produs la 55 de kilometri sud-est de Kokopo, ca
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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),