M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 17 Nov 2016 06:15 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 1098620
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 15.61 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.2493 , 146.5663
Event Date: 17 Nov 2016 06:15 UTC
17 Nov 2016 16:15 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2016 08:01 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007997 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: 324 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

No hay que subestimarlo, Donald Trump es peligroso: diputadosSun, 20 Nov 2016 21:39:00 +0100.

El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, sigue siendo "un tsunami de la más alta peligrosidad" que no se termina de dimensionar, aseguró el presidente de la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores de la Cámara de Diputados, el priist
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Uccide sua moglie a coltellate dopo una lite, poi fugge e fa perdere l ... Sun, 20 Nov 2016 21:24:00 +0100.

la moglie nel sonno con un martello : voleva partire per fare turismo sessuale : AUGUSTA - Un uomo di 53 anni, Horst Koenig, è stato condannato all'ergastolo per aver ucciso con un martello la moglie ad Augusta, in Germania. L'omicidio si è
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Wellington Airport workers kept 'in the dark' after quake - PSASun, 20 Nov 2016 20:42:00 +0100.

Wellington Airport managers must front up to serious questions over its response to Monday morning’s earthquake - and how it communicated with other agencies, the PSA says. PSA National Secretary Glenn Barclay says around a dozen staff from
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Key praises Aussie mateship post quakeSun, 20 Nov 2016 19:13:00 +0100.

Two people died after a massive 7.5 magnitude quake struck the South Island, sparking a tsunami warning and rattling the country with more than 250 aftershocks. Prime Minister John Key expressed immense gratitude for Australia's disaster as
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),