M 5.2 in Papua New Guinea on 03 May 2015 23:40 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 1053714
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 35.11 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.5066 , 151.9391
Event Date: 03 May 2015 23:40 UTC
04 May 2015 09:40 Local
Exposed Population:
About 33993 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 May 2015 23:55 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: 918 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Alertă de tsunami în PacificThu, 07 May 2015 23:20:00 +0200.

Un seism cu magnitudinea de 7,2 s-a produs ieri în Oceanul Pacific, între insulele Solomon și Papua-Noua Guinee, existând pericolul unui posibil val seismic, a anunțat Institutul american de geofizică (USGS). Cutremurul a avut loc la adânci
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'Local tsunami possible' as 7.2 earthquake hitsThu, 07 May 2015 22:02:00 +0200.

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

Move over, pollen vortex, the pollen tsunami is here. A ferocious winter, delayed spring and even the beginnings of climate change have created a "pollen tsunami" that is slamming allergy sufferers in the Northeast, says one expert. ( Oak a
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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),