M 5.3 in Papua New Guinea on 13 Nov 2016 20:52 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 1098308
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 65.17 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.1041 , 149.3757
Event Date: 13 Nov 2016 20:52 UTC
14 Nov 2016 06:52 Local
Exposed Population:
About 68435 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Nov 2016 21:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100077f9 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: 1825 | About casualties: 155 | Last hour: 0

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The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck New Zealand propelled the seabed two metres through the sand. The quake struck just after midnight on Monday in the North Canterbury region of Kaikoura - 55 miles from Christchurch - triggering waves
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Terremoto de magnitude 7,8 atinge a Nova ZelândiaThu, 17 Nov 2016 16:25:00 +0100.

Um forte terremoto atingiu a Nova Zelândia na madrugada de segunda-feira (14), chegando a gerar alerta de tsunami no país. O tremor de magnitude 7,8 fez milhares de pessoas deixaram suas casas na costa leste, após a Defesa Civil da Nova Zel
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Enorme "occhio cosmico" disegnato da tsunami di stelle e gasThu, 17 Nov 2016 15:17:00 +0100.

(Di venerdì 4 novembre 2016) Fotografato dal telescopio Alma in Cile. "C'è la grande opportunità di studiare quello che accade quando due galassie si sfiorano" "occhio cosmico" disegnato da tsunami di stelle e gas : Fotografato dal telesco
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Un navire canadien vient en aide aux sinistrés du séisme en Nouvelle-Z ... Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:36:00 +0100.

OTTAWA – Un navire de guerre canadien participe aux opérations de secours en Nouvelle-Zélande, dans la foulée d’un séisme de magnitude 7,8 qui a fait deux morts et coupé des centaines de personnes du reste du monde. Le NCSM Vancouver se tro
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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),