M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 04 May 2015 01:04 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 1053721
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 63.32 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.2605 , 152.0788
Event Date: 04 May 2015 01:04 UTC
04 May 2015 11:04 Local
Exposed Population:
119417 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 May 2015 01:29 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: 893 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Japans AKW-Anwohner klagenFri, 08 May 2015 00:19:00 +0200.

Japans neue Sicherheitsvorschriften für Kernkraftwerke, von denen behauptet wird, sie seien weltweit die strengsten, genügen internationalen Standards nicht. Das meint Satoshi Sato, ein ehemaliger Reaktoringenieur von General Electric. Der
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Japans AKW-Anwohner klagenFri, 08 May 2015 00:12:00 +0200.

Japans neue Sicherheitsvorschriften für Kernkraftwerke, von denen behauptet wird, sie seien weltweit die strengsten, genügen internationalen Standards nicht. Das meint Satoshi Sato, ein ehemaliger Reaktoringenieur von General Electric. Der
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Alerta de tsunami en Papúa Nueva Guinea tras sismoFri, 08 May 2015 00:08:00 +0200.

EE.UU 7 de may (RHC). El Servicio Geológico de los Estados Unidos (USGS) informó este jueves que un sismo de magnitud 7,2 sacudió nuevamente a Papúa Nueva Guinea, nación que se ha visto afectada por varias sacudidas en las últimas horas. Lo
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Nepal: CFE-DMHA Disaster Information Report: Nepal Earthquake May 7, 2 ... Fri, 08 May 2015 00:03:00 +0200.

BLUF – Implications to PACOM Relief efforts continue to focus on reaching areas outside of Kathmandu Valley; access to remote villages remains a key challenge (LC) Immediate priorities are the delivery of shelter, food, medical supplies, wa
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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),