M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 05 Feb 2016 04:12 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 1080006
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 64.93 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.3662 , 151.6315
Event Date: 05 Feb 2016 04:12 UTC
05 Feb 2016 14:12 Local
Exposed Population:
About 50613 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Feb 2016 05:30 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 176 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Massive earthquake near BougainvilleTue, 09 Feb 2016 03:59:00 +0100.

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit near the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville early on Tuesday morning. The undersea quake struck at 3.19am local time, at a depth of 30.6 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. Its epicentre was 94 kil
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كلاوس شواب: الإمارات نموذج عالمي لحكومات المستقبل.. والتغيير قادم بسرع ... Tue, 09 Feb 2016 03:46:00 +0100.

"تسونامي الثورة الصناعية الرابعة قادم لا محالة"، هذا ما أكده البروفيسور كلاوس شواب رئيس ومؤسس المنتدى الاقتصادي العالمي الذي ذكر أن الإمارات تشكل نموذجًا عالميًّا لحكومات المستقبل، بما تمتلكه من رؤية بعيدة المدى وقدرة على استشراف المستقبل ج
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Землетрясение магнитудой 5,3 произошло у берегов ТайваняTue, 09 Feb 2016 03:27:00 +0100.

У восточных берегов Тайваня сегодня произошло землетрясение магнитудой 5,3. Об этом сообщил Китайский сейсмологический центр. Эпицентр подземных толчков находился в районе побережья уезда Хуалянь. Гипоцентр залегал на глубине 6 км. Информац
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6.4-magnitude earthquake hits off Papua New GuineaTue, 09 Feb 2016 00:52:00 +0100.

SYDNEY: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea's Bougainville Island early Tuesday (Feb 9), US seismologists said, with no immediate tsunami warning issued. The quake hit some 96 kilometres southwest of Panguna
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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),