M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 12 Oct 2016 04:06 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 1095623
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.4194 , 153.4792
Event Date: 12 Oct 2016 04:06 UTC
12 Oct 2016 14:06 Local
Exposed Population:
About 788 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Oct 2016 04:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007dc6 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: 162 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

The Latest: Trees, power lines come down in Northwest stormSun, 16 Oct 2016 03:49:00 +0200.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on a powerful windstorm approaching the Northwest coast (all times local): 3:20 p.m. Trees and power lines are coming down as a powerful storm hits the Northwest. Thousands of people were without power in Or
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Storm brings down trees, powerlines in NorthwestSun, 16 Oct 2016 03:45:00 +0200.

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 after gat
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The Latest: Trees, power lines come down in Northwest stormSun, 16 Oct 2016 03:44:00 +0200.

A windstorm bearing remnants of a Pacific typhoon is reaching the Seattle area after leaving a swath of downed trees and powerlines in Oregon and southwest Washington. The National Weather Service said gusts around Seattle would probably t
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The Latest: Trees, power lines come down in Northwest stormSun, 16 Oct 2016 03:34:00 +0200.

The Latest on a powerful windstorm in the Northwest (all times local): 6:10 p.m. A windstorm bearing remnants of a Pacific typhoon is reaching the Seattle area after leaving a swath of downed trees and powerlines in Oregon and southwest Was
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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),