M 5.3 in Papua New Guinea on 13 Apr 2015 13:37 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 1051958
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 50 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.7089 , 153.0046
Event Date: 13 Apr 2015 13:37 UTC
13 Apr 2015 23:37 Local
Exposed Population:
128076 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Apr 2015 16:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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: 458 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Dos muertos y varios heridos durante un recital en ChileFri, 17 Apr 2015 13:29:00 +0200.

Investigar�n las causas del siniestro Dos muertos y varios heridos durante un recital en Chile Asistían al show de la banda británica Doom en la discoteca Tsunami cunaod cedieron unas gradas. Cinco de los lesionados se encuentran graves.
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A Fukushima non volano più le rondini. Forte diminuzione dell’avifauna ... Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:55:00 +0200.

La primavera se ne frega della catastrofi nucleari ed è arrivata anche a Fukushima, ma, a 4 anni dalla catastrofe nucleare, porta con sé sempre meno messaggeri alati e meno vogliosi di fare il nido. A rivelarlo sono una serie di studi pubbl
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Alerte tsunami en Corse : que s'est-il passé?Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:26:00 +0200.

Plus de peur que de mal ce jeudi 16 avril, après l'alerte lancée sur l'ensemble de la côte Est de la Corse par la préfecture qui redoutait une montée des eaux d'une hauteur d'un mètre. Cette alerte était consécutive à un tremblement de terr
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Давка на панк-концерте унесла жизни двух человекFri, 17 Apr 2015 11:49:00 +0200.

Трагедия произошла на концерте британской панк-группы Doom в столице Чили Сантьяго. В клуб Tsunami, где проходило шоу, ворвалось более 50 безбилетников, в результате чего в переполненном помещении началась давка. Два человека погибли, 12 по
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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),