M 5.2 in Papua New Guinea on 12 Jun 2015 17:30 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 1057431
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 60.17 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.5046 , 151.9458
Event Date: 12 Jun 2015 17:30 UTC
13 Jun 2015 03:30 Local
Exposed Population:
About 33993 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Jun 2015 14:33 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: 202 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Vaca Muerta, el sueño del oro negro argentinoTue, 16 Jun 2015 16:28:00 +0200.

Economía. Una visita de El País de España a la joya de la nacionalizada YPF, que quiere explotar el yacimiento para seguir los pasos de Estados Unidos con el "fracking" Por Torres de perforacion y fracking en Vaca Muerta. Foto: RICARDO CE
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"Sono ottantamila anni che l'Homo Sapiens si sposta su tutta la terra. ... Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:37:00 +0200.

Un grande paradosso un altro (oltre a quello minore della repentina evaporazione dei principi solidali e umanitari delle due Nazioni coinvolte) nella storia dei profughi perlopiù eritrei bloccati in no man’s land tra Italia e Francia, peral
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Indonesia’s Aceh Offering Temporary Shelter to Boat PeopleTue, 16 Jun 2015 12:02:00 +0200.

BANGKOK— Indonesia’s Aceh province is taking a prominent role in assisting hundreds of Asia boat people who have settled in temporary refugee camps after a perilous journey by sea. Humanitarian and relief workers say more Rohingya are likel
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Homem se veste de Batman para combater a falta de alegria no JapãoTue, 16 Jun 2015 12:01:00 +0200.

Versão japonesa do Batman, o Chibatman pode ser visto nas ruas da cidade de Chiba, no Japão. O soldador de 41 anos, que não revela sua identidade, diz ter o objetivo de trazer sorrisos de volta às ruas de sua cidade. A ideia surgiu em 201
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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),