M 5.2 in Papua New Guinea on 27 May 2016 15:03 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 1087074
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 59.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.8866 , 152.5404
Event Date: 27 May 2016 15:03 UTC
28 May 2016 01:03 Local
Exposed Population:
228981 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 May 2016 15:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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: 297 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

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No school for Dutch Muslim group whose ex-chief wished a tsunami on Is ... Tue, 31 May 2016 14:15:00 +0200.

AMSTERDAM — Citing potential radicalization, the Dutch government prevented the opening of a Muslim school by a group whose former leader praised Islamic State terrorists and wished for Allah to drown Israel in a tsunami. Education Ministry
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La terra trema ancora, scosse in serie tra Lazio e UmbriaTue, 31 May 2016 13:28:00 +0200.

La terra trema alle Isole Fiji : due scosse | Sisma violento - c’è il rischio tsunami : Due forti scosse di magnitudo 6.6 hanno messo in allarme le autorità delle Isole Fiji , nell’oceano Pacifico. Il Sisma è stato localizzato a circa 200 c
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حالياً أقوال فقطTue, 31 May 2016 13:04:00 +0200.

في منتصف الاسبوع الماضي، عندما تبين بأنه بدلاً من اسحق هرتسوغ والمعسكر الصهيوني سيدخل إلى الحكومة أفيغدور ليبرمان و"إسرائيل بيتنا"، رفع رئيس الوزراء بنيامين نتنياهو الهاتف وتحدث مع الرئيس المصري عبدالفتاح السيسي. ولم يكن هذا حديثاً سهلاً. ف
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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),