M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 01 Sep 2016 08:55 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 1093047
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 50.75 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.579 , 153.7816
Event Date: 01 Sep 2016 08:55 UTC
01 Sep 2016 18:55 Local
Exposed Population:
About 11095 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Sep 2016 09:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006j9c 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

Articles: 273 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Ban Ki-Moon: un stratège très discretMon, 05 Sep 2016 08:35:00 +0200.

Paris Match. Lors de notre première interview en juin 2009, vous nous avez montré la une du magazine “Newsweek” qui titrait : “Pourquoi cet homme va échouer” Vous quittez vos fonctions en décembre prochain. Avez-vous échoué ? Ban Ki-moon. B
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زلزال قوته 6.1 درجة يقع جنوب الفلبين قالت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأميرك ... Mon, 05 Sep 2016 04:52:00 +0200.

قالت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأميركية إن زلزالا قوته 6.1 درجة هز جزيرة مينداناو بجنوب الفلبين اليوم الأحد. وأضافت إن الزلزال وقع على عمق عشرة كيلومترات وعلى بعد 12 كيلوترا شمال غربي بلدة هيناتوان. ولم ترد تقارير فورية عن وقوع أي ضحايا أو أضرا
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Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude strikes southern Philippines - USGSMon, 05 Sep 2016 04:48:00 +0200.

MANILA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10 km (6 miles), 12 km northwest of the to
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Thiruvananthapuram Battling nature's vagariesMon, 05 Sep 2016 00:59:00 +0200.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ever wondered what will ensue if a giant tsunami strikes the Kerala coast? The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which devastated Asian coastlines leaving thousands dead makes such a question valid. And, in the event of a tsunam
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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),