M 5.3 in Papua New Guinea on 11 Sep 2015 23:51 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 1065322
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 11.73 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.9672 , 146.6662
Event Date: 11 Sep 2015 23:51 UTC
12 Sep 2015 09:51 Local
Exposed Population:
520513 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Sep 2015 00:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
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: 429 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

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Ifølge Steen Hildebrandt, som er en af Danmarks førende eksperter i ledelse, er det gode lederskab karakteriseret ved evnen til at kunne tænke langsigtet, udstikke retningslinjer, tænke værdibaseret, kunne foretage svære prioriteringer, det
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El SSN señala al sismo de 1985 como el más destructivoTue, 15 Sep 2015 19:55:00 +0200.

Se presentan datos en el estudio ''Cien años de Sismicidad'' Más de 200 terremotos mayores a 6 grados se han registrado en México desde 1900, 21 han ocurrido en los últimos 15 años. CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (15/SEP/2015).- Más de 200 terremotos su
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Derrame de contenido radiactivo tras lluvias en FukushimaTue, 15 Sep 2015 18:28:00 +0200.

Tokio, Japón.- Residuos contaminados recolectados de tierras de cultivo en la prefectura de Fukushima quedaron esparcidos , luego de que cerca de 400 sacos que los contenían fueron arrastrados y destruidos por el reciente desbordamiento de
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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),