M 5.3 in Papua New Guinea on 08 May 2015 07:52 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 1054168
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 36.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.1632 , 149.8339
Event Date: 08 May 2015 07:52 UTC
08 May 2015 17:52 Local
Exposed Population:
130621 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 May 2015 08:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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: 402 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Gempa 5,3 SR di Halmahera Barat, tak Berpotensi TsunamiTue, 12 May 2015 07:39:00 +0200.

Bandarlampung, Antara Jateng - Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika menyampaikan bahwa gempa yang telah terjadi dengan kekuatan 5,3 skala Richter di barat laut Halmahera Barat Provinsi Maluku Utara, Senin, pukul 22.45 WIB tidak ber
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ERIA, OECD promotes good practices, economic integration in E.AsiaTue, 12 May 2015 07:39:00 +0200.

The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have agreed to promote good practices and economic integration in ASEAN and East Asia. OECD deputy secretar
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7 Japanese boats swept by 2011 tsunami found in HawaiiTue, 12 May 2015 07:39:00 +0200.

Seven fishing boats believed to have been swept away by the March 2011 tsunami have washed ashore in Hawaii from February to April, according to an environmental nongovernmental organisation. The Japan Environmental Action Network (JEAN) sa
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Wucherpreise - Belgischer Tourist verklagt VenedigTue, 12 May 2015 07:27:00 +0200.

Ein belgischer Staatsbürger hat bei der EU-Kommission eine Klage gegen die Gemeinde Venedig wegen der höheren Preise eingereicht, die für Touristen gelten. Er klagte wegen Verletzung der Artikel 12 und 49 der EU-Verträge, die Preisdiskrimin
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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),