M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 29 Sep 2016 16:42 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 1094941
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 22.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.3844 , 141.0159
Event Date: 29 Sep 2016 16:42 UTC
30 Sep 2016 01:42 Local
Exposed Population:
450905 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Sep 2016 19:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006tv6 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 234 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Istanbul Kandilli quake center now tracks tsunamis tooMon, 03 Oct 2016 17:15:00 +0200.

ISTANBUL. The earthquake research center at Istanbul’s Bogazici University added another distinguished credential Monday, as it officially joined the ranks of the world’s top tsunami monitoring, information, and warning centers, known as Ts
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Gobierno anuncia la Ruta Patrimonial Archipiélago de Juan FernandezMon, 03 Oct 2016 17:04:00 +0200.

El ministro de Bienes Nacionales, Víctor Osorio, y el rector de la Universidad de Valparaíso, Aldo Valle, anunciaron hoy el inicio de los trabajos para el estudio, rediseño y habilitación de la nueva Ruta Patrimonial Archipiélago Juan Ferná
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Rowing federation opposed to proposed Olympic venue moveMon, 03 Oct 2016 16:23:00 +0200.

TOKYO — The head of the international rowing federation wants to stick with his sport's planned venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics rather than move to a site hundreds of miles (kilometres) outside the city. World Rowing president Jean-Christ
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16:27 - Kandilli Rasathanesi 'Uluslararası Tsunami Merkezi' olduMon, 03 Oct 2016 15:37:00 +0200.

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü (KRDAE) bünyesindeki Bölgesel Deprem-Tsunami İzleme ve Değerlendirme Merkezi , Tsunami Hizmet Sağlayıcı (Tsunami Service Provider) oldu. Boğaziçi Üniversitesi KRDAE'de
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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),