M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 18 Jun 2015 18:56 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 1057971
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 41.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.0583 , 149.0736
Event Date: 18 Jun 2015 18:56 UTC
19 Jun 2015 04:56 Local
Exposed Population:
About 64847 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Jun 2015 20:23 UTC

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 245 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Análise e Gestão do Risco de TsunamiMon, 22 Jun 2015 17:23:00 +0200.

SETÚBAL – Um cenário de tsunami, semelhante ao que afetou Setúbal na sequência do terramoto de 1755, foi discutido num seminário com participação de diversos especialistas, no dia 19, à noite, na Casa de Baía. A forma como as praias, a zona
...(more)
Softbank : Japans SoftBank to set up solar power business in IndiaMon, 22 Jun 2015 16:25:00 +0200.

Japanese telecoms group SoftBank Corp (TYO:9984) plans to create in the near future a solar power generation business in India with a local partner, The Nikkei reports. In particular, the pair will build mega solar plants in the power-hungr
...(more)
Un seísmo de 6,5 grados sacude la región al sureste de Fiyi, en el Pac ... Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:45:00 +0200.

Bangkok, 22 jun (EFE).- Un terremoto de magnitud 6,5 grados en la escala abierta de Richter sacudió hoy una región del Pacífico sur situada al sureste de Fiyi sin que se haya informado de víctimas. El Centro de Alerta de Tsunami en el Pacíf
...(more)
Terramoto de 6,5 graus sacode sudeste de FijiMon, 22 Jun 2015 12:12:00 +0200.

O Centro de Alerta de Tsunami no Pacífico descartou a possibilidade de que o tremor poderia formar ondas gigantes. O Serviço Geológico dos Estados Unidos, que regista a actividade sísmica no mundo, localizou o hipocentro a 563 quilômetro de
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),