M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 07 May 2016 12:23 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 1085874
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 79.75 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.1132 , 147.4964
Event Date: 07 May 2016 12:23 UTC
07 May 2016 22:23 Local
Exposed Population:
278544 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 May 2016 12:42 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 215 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

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Sarpele ingerase o oaie intreaga, gestanta. Imaginile au fost raspandite cu repeziciune pe rețelele de socializare. Pitonul face parte din familia Pythonidae . Numele lui vine din limba greaca și sunt o familie de șerpi non-veninoși care po
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Forte scossa di terremoto in Tibet | Nella zona ci sono due templi bud ... Wed, 11 May 2016 10:41:00 +0200.

(Di mercoledì 11 maggio 2016) Un terremoto di magnitudo 5,5 ha colpito il Tibet , vicino al confine con la provincia Qinghai cinese. La scossa , secondo l’Istituto geologico americano (Usgs) è stata registrata 70 km a nordovest del villaggi
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Japón vuelve a temblarWed, 11 May 2016 10:38:00 +0200.

El suroeste de Japón sufrió esta madrugada una nueva e intensa sacudida de 7,3 en la escala de Richter. Las autoridades declararon una alerta de tsunami en la costa oeste de la isla de Kyushu, que posteriormente fue levantada. Según un prov
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Ecuador: On Shaky Ground: One Month after the Earthquake in EcuadorWed, 11 May 2016 08:59:00 +0200.

Communities rally to rebuild their homes and livelihoods and cope with loss. Nearly a month after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the coast of Ecuador, destroying homes and communities, families are still processing the trauma they suffer
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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.
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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),