M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 26 Aug 2015 08:58 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 1063933
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 44.81 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.0538 , 152.5511
Event Date: 26 Aug 2015 08:58 UTC
26 Aug 2015 18:58 Local
Exposed Population:
245421 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Aug 2015 09:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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: 189 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Derechos humanos: Impunidad eternaSun, 30 Aug 2015 05:23:00 +0200.

Al unísono, defensores de derechos humanos dicen que México es un país de impunidades, sobre todo en esta materia. Y enumeran los agravios acumulados en los últimos meses: Tlatlaya, Ayotzinapa, Apatzingán, Ecuandureo, Ostula, Calera… Frente
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U slučaju potresa na Mediteranu tsunami bi ugrozio živote 130 milijuna ... Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:16:00 +0200.

Foto: Shutterstock (ilustracija) VELIKI plimni val mogao bi progutati brojna poznata ljetovalita na Mediteranu i ugroziti živote 130 milijuna ljudi koji žive na obalnom području, pie Daily Mail pozivajući se na nove znanstvene studije. Istr
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Znanstvenici upozoravaju na pojavu tsunamija na MediteranuSat, 29 Aug 2015 19:51:00 +0200.

Veliki tsunami razorne moći mogao bi pogoditi velik broj popularnih mediteranskih odredišta te ugroziti živote više od 130 milijuna ljudi koji nastanjuju obalu, otkrila je nova studija. Znanstvenici sa Sveučilita u Bolonji su proučavanjem
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Arson feared in series of fires afflicting JR EastSat, 29 Aug 2015 19:48:00 +0200.

Repeated arson attacks may be responsible for cable fires along the tracks of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) in Tokyo that have caused disruptions for more than 150,000 commuters since mid-August. August 24, 2015. Hundreds of rail fans g
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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),