M 5.7 in Papua New Guinea on 12 Oct 2016 03:21 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 1095621
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 21.86 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.3711 , 153.4718
Event Date: 12 Oct 2016 03:21 UTC
12 Oct 2016 13:21 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Oct 2016 03:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007dbw 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: 471 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Storm brings down trees, powerlines in NorthwestSun, 16 Oct 2016 02:45:00 +0200.

Tens of thousands of people were without power in Oregon and Washington on Saturday as the storm made landfall after gathering intensity off the coast. The National Weather Service said winds gusted above 50 mph in the Portland area and tha
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Storm brings down trees, powerlines in NorthwestSun, 16 Oct 2016 02:44:00 +0200.

Emergency crews reported trees and power lines down throughout the region. The Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue posted a photograph on Facebook of a tree that crushed the new car and part of the home of a family in North Plains, Oregon, near
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Debris flies as tornado, rain wallop NorthwestSun, 16 Oct 2016 02:35:00 +0200.

SEATTLE Trees and power lines snapped Saturday as a powerful storm bearing the remnants of a Pacific typhoon hit the Northwest. Tens of thousands of people were without power in Oregon and Washington on Saturday as the storm made landfall a
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Storm brings down trees, powerlines in NorthwestSun, 16 Oct 2016 02:31:00 +0200.

SEATTLE (AP) — Trees and power lines snapped Saturday as a powerful storm bearing the remnants of a Pacific typhoon hit the Northwest. Tens of thousands of people were without power in Oregon and Washington on Saturday as the storm made lan
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),