M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 04 Dec 2016 04:41 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 1099953
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 48.38 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.3979 , 151.7626
Event Date: 04 Dec 2016 04:41 UTC
04 Dec 2016 14:41 Local
Exposed Population:
About 55397 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Dec 2016 05:01 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007er0 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: 445 | About casualties: 72 | Last hour: 0

Japan to increase loan to Fukushima operator Tepco to $123 billion: So ... Thu, 08 Dec 2016 04:34:00 +0100.

The increase in the loan from 9 trillion yen is to cover the costs for compensation and decontamination areas around the plant, according to the source, who is not authorized to speak to the media. (Source: Reuters) Japan will increase an
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Reanudan la búsqueda de supervivientes del terremoto en IndonesiaThu, 08 Dec 2016 04:32:00 +0100.

BANGKOK.- Los equipos de rescate reanudaron hoy la búsqueda de supervivientes bajo las runas en la provincia indonesia de Aceh, en el norte de la isla de Sumatra, sacudida ayer por un terremoto de 6,5 grados que ha causado al menos un cente
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Un terremoto en Sumatra dejó cien muertos y más de 300 heridosThu, 08 Dec 2016 04:21:00 +0100.

. Más de 10.000 personas se encuentran refugiadas en mezquitas y edificios gubernamentales en Indonesia tras el devastador terremoto de magnitud 6,4 que sacudió la provincia de Aceh, en la isla de Sumatra, con un saldo de unos 100 muertos y
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Reanudan la búsqueda de supervivientes del terremoto en IndonesiaThu, 08 Dec 2016 04:18:00 +0100.

Miembros de los equipos de rescate buscan entre los escombros en el distrito de Pidie Jaya en Aceh (Indonesia), tras el terremoto de 6,5 grados en la escala de Richter que ayer sacudió esa provincia en la isla de Sumatra y que dejó al menos
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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),