M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Dec 2016 22:45 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 1101502
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 26.17 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.6971 , 153.5076
Event Date: 21 Dec 2016 22:45 UTC
22 Dec 2016 08:45 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Dec 2016 23:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007luc 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: 1965 | About casualties: 64 | Last hour: 0

زلزال تشيلي يقطع الكهرباء عن 21 ألف منزل 2016-12-25Sun, 25 Dec 2016 22:33:00 +0100.

ورفع المكتب الوطني للطوارئ أمر الإجلاء والتحذير من أمواج مد عاتية (تسونامي) بعد ثلاث ساعات من زلزال عيد الميلاد وأبلغ قرابة خمسة آلاف شخص كانوا قد أخلوا المنطقة بأن بإمكانهم العودة إلى منازلهم. وأضاف أن جسرا بالمنطقة سيتعذر استخدامه لأن الس
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Terremoto Cile, rientra l’allarme tsunami: cessata l’evacuazione. Tutt ... Sun, 25 Dec 2016 22:33:00 +0100.

Talento e personalità: il 19enne che ha stregato Sarri e scalzato un titolare inamovibile (Di domenica 25 dicembre 2016) Vent’anni da compiere e una personalità da veterano. Maurizio Sarri non è uomo che guarda la carta d’identità. S’affida
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7.6-magnitude quake jolts Chile, no victims reportedSun, 25 Dec 2016 22:32:00 +0100.

SANTIAGO, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- A 7.6-magnitude earthquake rattled southern Chile on Sunday, sparking fears of a tsunami, but causing no casualties. Chile's National Emergency Office (Onemi) initially ordered the evacuation of residents along
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Cancelan precaución por tsunami en costas del sur de ChileSun, 25 Dec 2016 22:31:00 +0100.

Santiago de Chile. La Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi) de Chile anunció el levantamiento del estado de precaución por tsunami en costas del sur del país tras registrarse un terremoto de 7,6 grados Richter este domingo. "El estado de p
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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),