M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 09 May 2015 06:04 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 1054232
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.7591 , 155.2148
Event Date: 09 May 2015 06:04 UTC
09 May 2015 17:04 Local
Exposed Population:
About 89727 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 May 2015 06:37 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 601 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Schweres Erdbeben vor Nordostküste JapansWed, 13 May 2015 06:00:00 +0200.

Vor der Nordostküste Japans hat sich Mittwoch früh (Ortszeit) ein schweres Erdbeben ereignet. Das Beben habe eine Stärke von 6,8 gehabt, teilte die US-Erdbebenwarte USGS mit. Es habe sich im Pazifik vor der Insel Honshu in einer Tiefe von 3
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Schweres Erdbeben vor Nordostküste JapansWed, 13 May 2015 05:53:00 +0200.

Vor der Nordostküste Japans hat sich Mittwoch früh (Ortszeit) ein schweres Erdbeben ereignet. Das Beben habe eine Stärke von 6,8 gehabt, teilte die US-Erdbebenwarte USGS mit. Es habe sich im Pazifik vor der Insel Honshu in einer Tiefe von 3
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6.8-magnitude earthquake off JapanWed, 13 May 2015 05:52:00 +0200.

A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan early Wednesday, authorities said, but they did not issue a tsunami warning and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake struck at 6:12 am (2112 GMT Tu
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Jepang Diguncang Gempa 6,8 SRWed, 13 May 2015 05:50:00 +0200.

TOKYO, KOMPAS.com Sebuah gempa bumi bermagnitud 6,8 terjadi di lepas pantai timur Jepang, Rabu (13/5/2015) pagi, seperti disampaikan pihak berwenang. Namun, mereka tidak mengeluarkan peringatan tsunami, dan sejauh ini tidak ada laporan tent
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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),