M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 02 Sep 2016 03:28 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 1093113
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.2628 , 151.5579
Event Date: 02 Sep 2016 03:28 UTC
02 Sep 2016 13:28 Local
Exposed Population:
About 20559 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Sep 2016 03:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006jjf 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: 448 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Chinese soldiers participate opening ceremony of AM-HEx 2016 joint exe ... Tue, 06 Sep 2016 02:41:00 +0200.

Chinese soldiers take part in the opening ceremony of ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus Military Medicine-Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Joint Exercise (AM-HEx 2016) in Chonburi， Thailand on Sept. 5， 2016. Troops from 18 co
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Inician obras para recuperar conectividad peatonal en Avenida Costaner ... Mon, 05 Sep 2016 23:59:00 +0200.

Esta semana partieron los trabajos de conservación del borde costero de Coquimbo, para recuperar la zona de los sectores de la costanera de la ciudad puerto que fueron arrasados por el tsunami del 16S. La inversión realizada por el Gobierno
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SIMULATION : Exercice d’alerte de tsunami à l’échelle de l’océan Indie ... Mon, 05 Sep 2016 23:28:00 +0200.

Un exercice d’alerte aux tsunamis sera organisé ce jeudi 8 septembre par la National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Centre (NDRRMC), sous l’égide du ministère de l’Environnement. La simulation est connue sous l’appellation Indian Oc
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Tsunami Stones: Ancient Japanese Markers Warn Builders of High WaterMon, 05 Sep 2016 23:23:00 +0200.

Su suggerimento di @NS4. La storia di centinaia di “pietre tsunami” che punteggiano le colline costiere del Giappone. Piantati decenni o addirittura secoli fa, fanno memoria del passato e avvertono i residenti del futuro dei pericoli di cos
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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),