M 4.5 in Near N Coast Of New Guinea, Png. on 26 Mar 2016 21:09 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 1083204
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 30.13 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.995 , 141.1876
Event Date: 26 Mar 2016 21:09 UTC
27 Mar 2016 07:09 Local
Exposed Population:
314665 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Mar 2016 21:45 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 225 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

ECOSOC United Nations Economic and Social Counci : On First Anniversar ... Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:55:00 +0200.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson's remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event marking the first anniversary of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and World Tsunami Awareness Day, in New York today: To
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Japón usa muro de hielo para frenar filtración en FukushimaWed, 30 Mar 2016 19:36:00 +0200.

TOKIO.— Reguladores japoneses aprobaron el encendido de una estructura de refrigeración sin precedentes que formará una enorme barrera helada subterránea alrededor de los dañados edificios de los reactores nucleares de Fukushima en un inten
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On First Anniversary of Sendai Framework Adoption, Deputy Secretary-Ge ... Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:28:00 +0200.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event marking the first anniversary of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and World Tsunami Awareness Day, in New York today: To
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Japón reciclará material recogido en la descontaminación de FukushimaWed, 30 Mar 2016 19:12:00 +0200.

Aprovechados. El Gobierno japonés anunció hoy que reciclará material para construcción recogido durante la descontaminación de Fukushima si sus niveles de radiación son lo suficientemente bajos. El Ejecutivo planea almacenar estos residuos
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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),