M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 19 May 2015 02:24 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 1055250
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 9.94 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.8195 , 151.4612
Event Date: 19 May 2015 02:24 UTC
19 May 2015 12:24 Local
Exposed Population:
About 50550 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 May 2015 02:45 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: 428 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

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Séisme de magnitude 6,8 au large des îles SalomonSat, 23 May 2015 02:09:00 +0200.

(Belga) Un séisme de magnitude 6,8 s'est produit samedi au large des îles Salomon dans le Pacifique, troisième secousse majeure en trois jours, sans déclencher d'alerte au tsunami, a annoncé l'institut américain de géophysique (USGS) Les pr
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Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes off Solomon Islands: USGSSat, 23 May 2015 02:08:00 +0200.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck close to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, just days after the archipelago was hit by another strong earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Friday, reported. Reuters The quake, initia
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Un sismo de magnitud 6.8 sacude las Islas Salomón - El Nuevo DiarioSat, 23 May 2015 02:07:00 +0200.

Un sismo de magnitud 6.8 sacudió a primera hora del sábado las Islas Salomón en el océano Pacífico, informó el Instituto Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS), aunque no se decretó una alerta por tsunami ni se informó de víctimas. El epicentro
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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),