M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 04 May 2015 08:09 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 1053750
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 60.77 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.5932 , 151.8741
Event Date: 04 May 2015 08:09 UTC
04 May 2015 18:09 Local
Exposed Population:
About 43991 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 May 2015 08:29 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 905 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

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Krabi residents quiver as undersea quake rattles provinceFri, 08 May 2015 06:46:00 +0200.

CLOSE on the heels of Wednesday's 4.6-magnitude undersea quake that jolted the southern provinces of Phang Nga, Phuket and Krabi, another undersea earthquake occurred early yesterday and shook Krabi's Khao Phanom district. Resident Jiraporn
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Descubra datos impactantes de la historia de la Segunda Guerra MundialFri, 08 May 2015 06:31:00 +0200.

Alrededor del 3% de la población mundial en 1939 murió en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Este conflicto fue el más mortífero de la historia de la humanidad, con un resultado final de más de 60 millones de víctimas mortales, lo cual supone aprox
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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),