M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 17 May 2015 03:56 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 1055087
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.3138 , 152.1217
Event Date: 17 May 2015 03:56 UTC
17 May 2015 13:56 Local
Exposed Population:
246148 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 May 2015 04:17 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: 345 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Terremoto Isole Salomone, magnitudo 6.8Thu, 21 May 2015 03:38:00 +0200.

(Di giovedì 21 maggio 2015) (Ultime Notizie - Ultim'ora) Una scossa di magnitudo 6.8 è stata registrata al largo delle Isole Salomone , nell'Oceano Pacifico meridionale ma non è stata diramata alcuna allerta tsunami Secondo l'Istituto sismo
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7.0 quake hits near Solomon Islands, no tsunami expectedThu, 21 May 2015 03:18:00 +0200.

The earthquake, with a magnitude 7.0, was centered near the Santa Cruz Island group between the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), the USGS said. ET SPECIAL: Love visual aspect of news? Enjoy this exclusive slidesho
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Powerful earthquake strikes Solomon IslandsThu, 21 May 2015 03:15:00 +0200.

SYDNEY, May 21 (Xinhua) -- A 6.9-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands on Thursday, Geoscience Australia said, however no tsunami warning was issued. The earthquake was centered near the Santa Cruz island chai
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Phivolcs: No tsunami threat from Sta. Cruz Islands quakeThu, 21 May 2015 03:10:00 +0200.

Tags: Phivolcs The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Thursday allayed fears of a tsunami in the Philippines following a magnitude-6.9 quake in the Sta. Cruz Islands. In an advisory, Phivolcs said the quake was recorded
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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),