M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 26 Jul 2016 06:31 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 1090670
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.88 , 151.5362
Event Date: 26 Jul 2016 06:31 UTC
26 Jul 2016 16:31 Local
Exposed Population:
193202 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Jul 2016 07:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006hp6 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: 395 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

7.7-magnitude quake strikes Mariana Islands 2 HRS A 7.7-magnitude eart ... Sat, 30 Jul 2016 06:07:00 +0200.

(CNN) - A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean early Saturday. The quake occurred at a depth of 117 miles (212 km) some 19 miles south-southwest of the uninhabited island of Agrihan in the U.S. territory,
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Governor: 4 Zika cases likely came from Florida mosquitoesSat, 30 Jul 2016 05:52:00 +0200.

An earthquake of 7.7 magnitude with an epicenter at a depth of 212 kilometers (132 miles) struck the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Friday at 21:18 GMT, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake did not pose a threat of caus
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زلزال بقوة 7,7 درجات قبالة جزر ماريانا الشماليةSat, 30 Jul 2016 05:49:00 +0200.

ضرب زلزال بقوة 7,7 درجات قبالة جزر ماريانا الشمالية في غرب المحيط الهادئ ليلا من دون ان يؤدي الى خطر حصول امواج مد عال (تسونامي)، كما افاد المركز الاميركي للرصد الجيولوجي. وقال المركز ان الزلزال وقع على عمق 212 كلم وعلى بعد 30 كلم جنوب غرب
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زلزال بقوة 7,7 درجات قبالة جزر ماريانا الشمالية ولا تحذير من تسوناميSat, 30 Jul 2016 05:26:00 +0200.

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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),