M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 17 May 2015 00:56 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 1055069
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.3633 , 152.0828
Event Date: 17 May 2015 00:56 UTC
17 May 2015 10:56 Local
Exposed Population:
244436 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 May 2015 01:17 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: 304 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Shunned by much of Asia, migrants welcomed in AcehWed, 20 May 2015 19:51:00 +0200.

LANGSA, Indonesia--From rescuing migrants at sea to donating all they can, residents of Indonesia's Islamic Aceh province are warmly welcoming hundreds of desperate fellow Muslims who have fled their homelands — a contrast to the rejection
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Pacific leaders converge on Japan for PALMWed, 20 May 2015 19:33:00 +0200.

A number of Pacific island leaders are converging on Japan for the 7th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting. The meeting is billed as an opportunity to strengthen trade and cultural exchange between Japan and its partners around the Pacific. Th
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TERREMOTO OGGI/ Emilia-Romagna, scossa di M 2.4 in provincia di Bologn ... Wed, 20 May 2015 17:05:00 +0200.

TERREMOTO OGGI IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA, SCOSSA DI M 2.4 IN PROVINCIA DI BOLOGNA (MERCOLEDI' 20 MAGGIO 2015) – Continua a tremare la terra in provincia di Boogna (Emilia-Romagna), dove l’Ingv ha registrato un nuovo terremoto di magnitudo 2.4. La s
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La provincia de Aceh recibe a los inmigrantes indeseables en otras par ... Wed, 20 May 2015 15:26:00 +0200.

Los habitantes de la provincia indonesia de Aceh rescatan del mar a cientos de inmigrantes, musulmanes como ellos, y los ayudan, contrariamente a los gobiernos del sureste de Asia. Después de que Tailandia decidiera actuar contra las organi
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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),