M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 24 Dec 2016 12:01 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 1101680
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -6.4574 , 153.9247
Event Date: 24 Dec 2016 12:01 UTC
24 Dec 2016 22:01 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Dec 2016 12:22 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007mhs Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 2764 | About casualties: 97 | Last hour: 0

In ricordo delle vittime dello tsunami del 2004Wed, 28 Dec 2016 11:50:00 +0100.

Piatti di fiori offerti durante una cerimonia per ricordare le vittime dello tsunami del 2004 a Chennai, in India. Il 26 dicembre del 2004 un terremoto di magnitudo 9,15 ha provocato uno tsunami al largo dell’oceano Indiano, che si è abbatt
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وزير ياباني في ضريح ياسوكوني تزامنا مع زيارة آبي إلى بيرل هاربورWed, 28 Dec 2016 11:42:00 +0100.

زار وزير ياباني الأربعاء ضريح ياسوكوني في طوكيو، المخصص لتكريم قتلى اليابان خلال الحروب الحديثة، تزامنا مع زيارة تاريخية قام بها رئيس الوزراء شينزو آبي إلى بيرل هاربور في الولايات المتحدة. وقام ماساهيرو إيمامورا، المكلف إعادة إعمار شمال شرق
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Twelve years after Asia tsunami, 400 bodies unidentified in ThailandWed, 28 Dec 2016 10:27:00 +0100.

The 9.15 magnitude Dec. 26 earthquake triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean in one of the biggest natural disasters in history. Thailand, Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka were among the worst hit countries. Some 5,395 people were killed
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Giappone, forte balzo dell'attività industriale a novembreWed, 28 Dec 2016 10:09:00 +0100.

(Di mercoledì 28 dicembre 2016) (Teleborsa) - L' attività industriale Giappone se è attesa in crescita, nel mese di novembre , seppur a un ritmo più lento rispetto alle stime degli analisti, a conferma dell a difficoltà dell 'economia di ri
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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),