M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Feb 2017 07:03 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 1106073
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 47.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.3047 , 147.7178
Event Date: 21 Feb 2017 07:03 UTC
21 Feb 2017 17:03 Local
Exposed Population:
260000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Feb 2017 07:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008l1y Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 417 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake reported off northwestern Vancouver IslandSat, 25 Feb 2017 05:27:00 +0100.

VICTORIA — A series of small earthquakes off Vancouver Island in recent days likely aren’t a precursor of bigger shake ups to come, but are a reminder of the complex geological zones along coastal British Columbia, says a federal seismo
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Tremors are natural, design can ease impactSat, 25 Feb 2017 05:18:00 +0100.

SAMUEL KUTTY – MUSCAT, FEB 24 – There is no increase in the number of earthquakes in the region. The Sultanate, with its enhanced seismic monitoring system, is capable of detecting even micro earthquakes. According to Dr Issa al Hussain, Di
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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),