M 5.4 in Papua New Guinea on 10 Aug 2015 23:53 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 1062745
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 35.76 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.5201 , 151.8214
Event Date: 10 Aug 2015 23:53 UTC
11 Aug 2015 09:53 Local
Exposed Population:
About 45461 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Aug 2015 01:12 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: 434 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

World: ASEAN pushes for ‘inclusive solidarity’ in disaster responseFri, 14 Aug 2015 21:57:00 +0200.

MANILA, Aug. 15 -- Officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called for “inclusive solidarity” in responding to disasters within and outside the region. In the recently concluded three-day (August 11-13) roadshow dubbe
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Fukushima: »Bitte glauben Sie an uns«Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:45:00 +0200.

„Diese schädlichen Gerüchte“, betont der Mann auf dem Podium, „müssen dringend aufhören.“ Oft entbehrten sie der Wahrheit, sorgten nur für schlechte Stimmung. „Ich kann Ihnen versichern“, sagt Masao Uchibori:, „unsere Produkte sind sicher.
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Keberpihakan Pemerintah pada Riset untuk Wujudkan Indonesia Poros Mari ... Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:37:00 +0200.

Mengutip ucapan Presiden Joko Widodo saat baru saja dilantik tahun lalu, Kepala Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia Iskandar Zulkarnain mengatakan, kita sudah terlalu lama memunggungi laut, menempatkan laut sebagai "beranda belakang rumah".
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Japón retoma el suministro de energía atómica tras dos años de apagón ... Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:19:00 +0200.

Japón retomó hoy el suministro de electricidad generada a partir de energía atómica después de que esta semana entrara en funcionamiento la primera central tras dos años de apagón nuclear motivado por el accidente de Fukushima. La planta a
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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),