M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 05 Aug 2015 04:59 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 1062259
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 72.73 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.4111 , 147.517
Event Date: 05 Aug 2015 04:59 UTC
05 Aug 2015 14:59 Local
Exposed Population:
283449 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Aug 2015 05:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
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
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 187 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

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AP Saturday’s death, the second this year, occurred weeks after the government announced plans to slow down projects to improve safety. A worker at Japan’s wrecked nuclear plant died after his head got stuck in a hatch on a septic tank tru
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7 scosse di terremoto alle Isole Eolie la più intensa di magnitudo 4.1Sun, 09 Aug 2015 04:05:00 +0200.

(Di domenica 9 agosto 2015) La scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 4.1 è stata registrata a 00:46 al largo delle Isole Eolie , in Sicilia. Secondo i rilevamenti dell’#8217Ingv, il sisma ha avuto ipocentro a 14 km di profondità ed epicentro a N
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Folk Tsunami: 500 folk artists attempt recordSun, 09 Aug 2015 03:48:00 +0200.

The mood was upbeat and every seat in the Tummalapalli Kalakshetram was taken as the venue resonated with the tinkles of anklets as folk dancers from different districts showcased a whole rainbow of folk art forms: Lambadi, Tappeda Gullu, K
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02:15 UTC 03.2013 DW ZDF Terra X Sendungslogo Terra X - Abenteuer und ... Sun, 09 Aug 2015 03:40:00 +0200.

Schreckensnachrichten von Naturkatastrophen gehen um die Welt: Indonesien 2004, Haiti 2010, Japan 2011. Schon vor Tausenden von Jahren waren die Menschen immer wieder betroffen von Erdbeben und Tsunamis. Den ältesten Katastrophenbericht sch
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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.
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),