M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 15 Nov 2016 22:14 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 1098525
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.4543 , 144.1606
Event Date: 15 Nov 2016 22:14 UTC
16 Nov 2016 08:14 Local
Exposed Population:
155656 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Nov 2016 00:19 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100078jr 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: 419 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Los hospitales de Alepo, arrasados por las bombas, muestran imágenes d ... Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:32:00 +0100.

Al menos 38 personas han muerto en el este de la ciudad este sábado. No hay datos oficiales aún del alcance definitivo de los daños materiales en los hospitales, pero las evaluaciones preliminares de ONG como Médicos Sin Fronteras y el Obse
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How ready are we? Kaikoura earthquake timeline exposes issuesSat, 19 Nov 2016 20:11:00 +0100.

The huge earthquake that hit New Zealand this past week, buckling roads, uplifting sections of coastline and killing two people, also exposed problems in how the country monitors its earthquake risk and prepares for tsunamis. And it raised
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Calls for 24/7 quake monitoring service 32 minutes agoSat, 19 Nov 2016 19:05:00 +0100.

As aftershocks continue to rattle the country, a petition has been launched urging funding for round-the-clock staff at earthquake monitoring service GeoNet. READ MORE: Damage growing in Wellington with each aftershock The biggest aftershoc
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Uttarakhand floods: High Court orders 50 per cent hike in compensation ... Sat, 19 Nov 2016 17:39:00 +0100.

In June 2013, a multi-day cloudburst in Uttarakhand that caused devastating floods and landslides becoming the country’s worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. (File Photo) The Uttarakhand High Court on Saturday ordered a hike of 50
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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),