M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 15 May 2016 18:04 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 1086354
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 51.34 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.1226 , 154.4298
Event Date: 15 May 2016 18:04 UTC
16 May 2016 04:04 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 May 2016 19:12 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1163 | About casualties: 48 | Last hour: 0

Mega-tsunamis 'sculpted' Mars surface AFPThu, 19 May 2016 17:50:00 +0200.

© Provided by AFP This image of the Red Planet was taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) Monster tsunamis caused by meteor impacts swept across the northern plains of Mars more than three billion years ago, radically resculpting the edges
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Marte sufrió tsunamis destructivos con olas de 120 metrosThu, 19 May 2016 17:43:00 +0200.

Meteoritos gigantes impactaron hace 3.400 millones en un océano glacial que cubría el hemisferio norte de Marte, causando tsunamis de 120 metros que inundaron las costas de forma catastrófica.Así lo sugiere una investigación del Planetary S
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Meteoritos provocaron “megatsunamis” en Marte que destrozaron sus cost ... Thu, 19 May 2016 17:42:00 +0200.

xistencia de un gran océano en el norte de Marte y, ahora, gracias a la tecnología y la mayor calidad de las imágenes, un grupo de científicos ha constatado que el planeta sufrió al menos dos tsunamis provocados por meteoritos que destrozar
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Des vagues de près de 120 mètres auraient deferlé sur MarsThu, 19 May 2016 17:41:00 +0200.

Il y a 3,4 milliards d'années, la planète Mars aurait subit des méga-tsunamis, selon une étude publiée jeudi dans Nature Scientific rapports, "une preuve de l'existence d'un océan primitif" sur la planète rouge selon les chercheurs. "Nous a
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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),