M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 11 Apr 2015 17:18 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 1051862
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 64.58 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.5128 , 146.998
Event Date: 11 Apr 2015 17:18 UTC
12 Apr 2015 03:18 Local
Exposed Population:
474520 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Apr 2015 20:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 289 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Japonya'da iki nükleer reaktöre mahkeme engeliWed, 15 Apr 2015 01:45:00 +0200.

Söz konusu santral, ülkedeki nükleer reaktörlerle ilgili düzenlemeleri yapan kamu kurumundan işletme yetkisini almıştı. Ancak kent sakinleri mahkemeye başvurarak reaktörlerin güçlü bir depreme dayanıklı olmadığını belirtti ve açılmamaları t
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Fukushima: Dejan a robot que exploró planta nuclear abandonadaWed, 15 Apr 2015 01:26:00 +0200.

La sonda robótica exploró el interior del reactor de la planta nuclear de Fukushima. (Foto: Captura) Tokio . El operador de la inválida planta nuclear Fukushima Daiichi ha dejado de intentar recuperar una sonda robótica después de que dejó
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Thousands could survive West Coast tsunami by walking to safety: studyWed, 15 Apr 2015 01:21:00 +0200.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Thousands of people living along the U.S. Pacific coastline from Northern California to Washington state could survive a powerful tsunami, as long as they are prepared to walk briskly to higher ground, a researcher said
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Tsunami Fish DiscoveredWed, 15 Apr 2015 01:20:00 +0200.

View Oregon News, Community, Sports, Weather Images & Pictures. By Email the author Follow. Follow on Twitter Twenty yellowtail jack fish and one Asian striped knifejaw (seen here) were found in the bow of a boat believed to be tsunami deb
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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),