M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 10 May 2015 00:06 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 1054301
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 13.01 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.439 , 145.8844
Event Date: 10 May 2015 00:06 UTC
10 May 2015 10:06 Local
Exposed Population:
593500 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 May 2015 00:45 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: 686 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

The earth moved like a wave, Edmonton nurse says, after second quake i ... Wed, 13 May 2015 23:37:00 +0200.

Edmonton nurse Teresa Berdusco, who treated victims of the tsunami and earthquake in Japan in 2011 and the typhoon in the Philippines in 2013, said the devastation in Nepal after two recent earthquakes is worse. “The co-ordination and the
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Fuerte sismo golpeó las costas de JapónWed, 13 May 2015 21:35:00 +0200.

Japón, 13 de may (RHC). Un fuerte sismo de magnitud 6,8 golpeó este miércoles las costas del noreste de Japón, informó el Instituto Geológico de Estados Unidos. Las autoridades japonesas no emitieron ninguna alerta de tsunami y hasta el mom
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People Are Abusing A Facebook Tool Meant To Help People In NepalWed, 13 May 2015 21:11:00 +0200.

A Nepalese woman carrying belongings walks past a damaged house in Chautara, Nepal, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The condition of many of the buildings damaged in the April 25 earthquake, got worse after the magnitude-7.3 quake Tuesday. | ASSOC
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Comment on Irish people are jokingly using Facebook’s Nepal safety che ... Wed, 13 May 2015 19:37:00 +0200.

IN THE AFTERMATH of , Facebook set up a safety check function to allow users caught up in the tragedy to alert their family and friends to their safety with a quick status update. If Facebook believes your location to be near the earthquake
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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),