M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 30 Jul 2016 16:14 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 1090965
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 48.05 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.7635 , 152.1633
Event Date: 30 Jul 2016 16:14 UTC
31 Jul 2016 02:14 Local
Exposed Population:
About 19514 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Jul 2016 16:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100068tg 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 334 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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La teoria che il bombardamento della ionosfera con onde ad elevatissima energia possa avere ripercussioni sulla crosta terrestre, l’aveva dedotta già all’inizio del secolo scorso lo scienziato jugoslavo Nikola Tesla, provocando un terremoto
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Wisata Pantai Sri Lanka yang Bangkit dari TsunamiWed, 03 Aug 2016 10:50:00 +0200.

KOLOMBO, KOMPAS.com - Secara umum kawasan wisata pantai di Sri Lanka relatif sepi wisatawan, baik lokal maupun asing. Kondisi ini justru menjadi daya tarik tersendiri. Suasananya tidak ramai seperti pantai-pantai yang terkenal lainnya. Para
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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),