M 6 in Mariana Islands Region on 14 Dec 2016 02:01 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 1100826
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 27.59 Km
Lat/Lon: 21.2944 , 144.4161
Event Date: 14 Dec 2016 02:01 UTC
14 Dec 2016 12:01 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Dec 2016 22:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200080m3 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: 1099 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

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El sismo provocó advertencia sobre peligrosas olas de tsunami en la región. En Chile, en tanto, el SHOA descartó que el sismo reúna las condiciones para generar un tsunami en las costas del país. Un sismo de magnitud 7,9 se registró el sáb
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Residents flee to hills after quake off PNG; tsunami threat passesSun, 18 Dec 2016 01:34:00 +0100.

SYDNEY: People living along Papua New Guinea’s coastline fled to higher ground on Saturday after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck east of the Pacific nation, triggering a tsunami warning for parts of its archipelago. A couple of hours afte
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Magnitude 7.9 quake hits Papua New Guinea Sky NewsSun, 18 Dec 2016 01:21:00 +0100.

© Getty Funafuti Atoll in the South Pacific. A magnitude 7.9 earthquake has struck off the east coast of Papua New Guinea. The quake was 61 miles deep with its epicentre 29 miles to the east of Taron on Saturday, the US Geological Survey (U
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Forte terremoto causa pequeno tsunamiSun, 18 Dec 2016 00:48:00 +0100.

Um forte terremoto que ocorreu perto da costa de Papua Nova Guiné neste sábado gerou um pequeno tsunami, porém sem deixar feridos nem causar estragos. Partes da ilha do Pacífico tiveram o fornecimento de energia interrompido após o tremor.
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),