M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 24 Dec 2016 22:03 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 1101712
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -5.4301 , 153.3631
Event Date: 24 Dec 2016 22:03 UTC
25 Dec 2016 08:03 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1341 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Dec 2016 22:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007mk3 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 2986 | About casualties: 98 | Last hour: 0

World News Update, what you need to knowWed, 28 Dec 2016 21:50:00 +0100.

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Sin daños en Japón tras sismo de magnitud 6.3Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:57:00 +0100.

Tokio, Japón.- Un sismo con una magnitud de 6.3 grados sacudió hoy el noreste de Japón , y aunque interrumpió brevemente las operaciones ferroviarias, no habría provocado daños y sólo dos personas resultaron heridas. El movimiento telúrico
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Un terremoto de 7,6 al sur de Chile deja incomunicada la isla grande d ... Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:53:00 +0100.

Domingo 25 de Diciembre de 2016 | Galiciaé / Efe. El terremoto de 7,6 grados Richter registrado este domingo en el sur de Chile ha dejado incomunicada a la isla grande del archipiélago de Chiloé, donde se ha suspendido la actividad de los t
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Strong Earthquake Hits JapanWed, 28 Dec 2016 20:48:00 +0100.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has announced an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3, hitting eastern Japan yesterday. The Agency also added that no tsunami warning was given. According to reports, there were no immediate news of damage or i
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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),