M 5.6 in Papua New Guinea on 13 Jun 2015 07:08 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 1057485
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.2446 , 143.8436
Event Date: 13 Jun 2015 07:08 UTC
13 Jun 2015 17:08 Local
Exposed Population:
173217 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Jun 2015 07:31 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 190 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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General : Meteorological Dept Dismisses another Sabah Earthquake Soon ... Wed, 17 Jun 2015 05:14:00 +0200.

Mount Kinabalu KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- The Meteorological Department has dismissed claims that another earthquake would strike Sabah soon. In a statement today, the department said it had never issued any warning that a 5.9 to 7
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Government plans ¥6.5 trillion in 2016-2020 Tohoku reconstruction spen ... Wed, 17 Jun 2015 03:52:00 +0200.

The government plans to spend about ¥6.5 trillion in fiscal 2016-2020 on measures to reconstruct areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the subsequent nuclear calamity. Reconstruction minister Wata
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“Los recortes sanitarios fueron un terremoto; ahora viene un tsunami”Wed, 17 Jun 2015 01:08:00 +0200.

Las entidades catalanas en defensa de la sanidad pública tomaron ayer la palabra para denunciar y alertar de la denostada situación del sistema sanitario público. Vetados por la presidenta del Parlament, Núria de Gispert, a participar en el
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),