M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 06 May 2015 01:35 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 1053925
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 44.61 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.3499 , 149.8717
Event Date: 06 May 2015 01:35 UTC
06 May 2015 11:35 Local
Exposed Population:
104140 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 May 2015 01:53 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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: 514 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Ferries shut down as typhoon approaches PhilippinesSat, 09 May 2015 10:37:00 +0200.

Stranded passengers guard their belongings while waiting at a bus terminal in Manila on Saturday. The Philippines authorities evacuated thousands of people in the northeastern part of its main island of Luzon, less than 24 hours before a po
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Cutremurele mari intră direct în cartea de istorie, printre războaie ş ... Sat, 09 May 2015 10:21:00 +0200.

Cutremurele mari intră direct în cartea de istorie, printre războaie şi guvernări. Cele mai catastrofale hazarde naturale, cutremurele, însoţite adesea de tsunami, au provocat sute de milioane de morţi şi pagube materiale de miliarde de dol
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Ferries shut down as typhoon approaches PhilippinesSat, 09 May 2015 10:20:00 +0200.

Ferry services were shut down and some seaside communities were warned they could be swamped by large waves as Typhoon Noul drew closer to the Philippines on Saturday, officials said. The typhoon is set to smash into a small cluster of coas
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Un typhon s'approche des PhilippinesSat, 09 May 2015 10:05:00 +0200.

Le typhon devrait toucher un petit groupe de villes côtières dans le nord montagneux de l'île de Luzon, dimanche matin, avec des vents pouvant atteindre 160 km/h, a indiqué le service de météorologie national. Le typhon pourrait baisser en
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),