M 5.6 in Papua New Guinea on 03 May 2015 22:32 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 1053705
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.5447 , 151.7243
Event Date: 03 May 2015 22:32 UTC
04 May 2015 08:32 Local
Exposed Population:
About 48337 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 May 2015 22:51 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: 935 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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'Pollen tsunami' causes misery in the NortheastThu, 07 May 2015 21:57:00 +0200.

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Fotos | Olas gigantes en costa del Pacífico han causado alarmaThu, 07 May 2015 21:55:00 +0200.

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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),