M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 23 Oct 2015 16:28 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 1070010
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 84.12 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.3515 , 154.9691
Event Date: 23 Oct 2015 16:28 UTC
24 Oct 2015 03:28 Local
Exposed Population:
107896 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Oct 2015 16:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -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.
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Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 142 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Tsunami-vulnerable towns grapple with how to save livesTue, 27 Oct 2015 15:58:00 +0100.

PORTLAND, OREGON: Bracing for a tsunami like the one that devastated Japanese communities during a 2011 mega-earthquake, coastal communities from British Columbia to California have been grappling with how to protect people from a similar c
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Inside Europe's only 'prepper' shop: What survivalists are buying to p ... Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:49:00 +0100.

When it comes to surviving a nuclear apocalypse, you're going to need some tools. That's the view of a group known as 'preppers' - survivalism experts and hobbyists that spend their time preparing for the end of civilisation. And preppers,
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Tsunami-vulnerable towns grapple with how to save livesTue, 27 Oct 2015 15:33:00 +0100.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Bracing for a tsunami like the one that devastated Japanese communities during a 2011 mega-earthquake, coastal communities from British Columbia to California have been grappling with how to protect people from a similar c
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PalomitaTue, 27 Oct 2015 14:58:00 +0100.

Desde hace cosa de una década, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas pone a México como ejemplo de Protección Civil ante desastres. En sus cumbres, reuniones, foros por todo el planeta, los funcionarios mexicanos son invitados como grandes
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),