M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 06 May 2015 06:05 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 1053941
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 75.92 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.2632 , 149.6825
Event Date: 06 May 2015 06:05 UTC
06 May 2015 16:05 Local
Exposed Population:
105608 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 May 2015 06:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 519 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Typhoon Noul: Tsunami-like storm surges in PhilippinesSun, 10 May 2015 06:02:00 +0200.

More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines, threatening flash floods, landslides and tsunami-like storm surges, government agencies warned on Sunday. The storm's movement has s
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More than 1,000 evacuated as Typhoon Noul nears PhilippinesSun, 10 May 2015 05:57:00 +0200.

MANILA (AFP) - More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines, threatening flash floods, landslides and tsunami-like storm surges, government agencies warned on Sunday. The storm’s
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Philippines: un millier d'évacués à l'approche d'un typhonSun, 10 May 2015 05:40:00 +0200.

Le typhon avait légèrement ralenti sa course dimanche matin, à 17 km/h, mais s'est renforcé, avec des vents soufflant en rafales de 205 km/h, en approchant la partie septentrionale de l'île principale de Luzon, a expliqué Esperanza Cayanan,
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Avrupa Bilim Vakfı'nın ilginç iddiasıSun, 10 May 2015 04:25:00 +0200.

Vakfın internet sitesinde yer alan bilgiye göre, dünyayı tehdit eden afet risklerini araştıran bilim insanları, dev bir yanardağ patlamasının insan neslinin sonunu getirebileceğini ve bu durumun meydana gelme ihtimalinin yüzyıl sonuna kadar
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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),