M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 26 Jul 2016 07:15 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 1090672
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 38.26 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.9036 , 151.5925
Event Date: 26 Jul 2016 07:15 UTC
26 Jul 2016 17:15 Local
Exposed Population:
214823 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Jul 2016 08:07 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006hpb Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

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