M 5.5 in Papua New Guinea on 15 May 2015 10:30 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 1054916
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 32.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -9.697 , 150.3528
Event Date: 15 May 2015 10:30 UTC
15 May 2015 20:30 Local
Exposed Population:
150789 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 May 2015 10:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 347 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Evidence of massive quakes found in New ZealandTue, 19 May 2015 10:18:00 +0200.

. Irish Sun (IANS) Tuesday 19th May, 2015. Geologists for the very first time have found direct evidence of massive earthquakes beneath central New Zealand capable of generating tsunamis. At least two large subduction (the process where one
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Un tremblement de terre fictif organisé en CreuseTue, 19 May 2015 09:47:00 +0200.

Les pratiques d’intervention, les recherches et les secours aux victimes, l’analyse des situations, l’utilisation des techniques anciennes ou innovantes comme les drones, les caméras thermiques, les méthodes pour étayer des bâtiments ou per
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NTU scientists head out on month-long sea expedition to assess tsunami ... Tue, 19 May 2015 09:41:00 +0200.

SINGAPORE - A team of scientists from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will on Saturday embark on a month-long sea expedition that will help them assess tsunami risk and impact in a region off Indonesia. The region west of Sumatra
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Maori history link to megathrust quakeTue, 19 May 2015 09:37:00 +0200.

Evidence of a massive 15th century earthquake on a subduction zone under Cook Strait could tie in with an earthquake and possible tsunami recorded in Maori oral history. For the first time, a study published on Tuesday provides direct geolo
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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),