M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 27 Dec 2016 15:25 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 1101935
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -3.7297 , 152.1161
Event Date: 27 Dec 2016 15:25 UTC
28 Dec 2016 01:25 Local
Exposed Population:
251645 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Dec 2016 18:28 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007n1k 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: 910 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Relaxing ban on Japanese food needs rational discussion: TsaiSat, 31 Dec 2016 14:44:00 +0100.

TAIPEI – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said Saturday the public should rationally discuss the issue of whether to ease restrictions on food imports from five Japanese prefectures imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. S
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اليابان شهدت أكثر من 6.5 آلاف زلزال في 2016Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:21:00 +0100.

ذكرت كالة الأرصاد الجوية في اليابان اليوم الجمعة، أن الهزات الأرضية بلغت منذ مطلع العام الجاري إجمالي 6 آلاف و566 زلزال مقابل ألف و842 هزة وقعت خلال 2015. واعتمدت الوكالة في هذه التقديرات على المقياس الياباني للهزات الأرضية، وكانت اليابان ق
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Primele țari care au intrat în NOUL ANSat, 31 Dec 2016 12:11:00 +0100.

Sarutul sub vasc, banii in buzunar la miezul noptii, strugurii si pestele pe masa - cateva dintre superstitiile de care trebuie sa tinem cont in noaptea de Revelion pentru a avea noroc, bani si dragoste in anul care urmeaza.... “Băcăuanilo
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Retrospectivă | 2016, anul cutremurelor. Tragediile care au marcat lum ... Sat, 31 Dec 2016 11:43:00 +0100.

Anul 2016 poate fi considerat anul cutremurelor. Italia a fost încercată din greu, în urma seismelor care au zguduit țara, însă seisme puternice au avut loc și în alte țări. Cutremurele nu sunt singurele dezastre naturale care au afectat lu
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),