M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 27 Jul 2017 00:01 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 1117978
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 90.83 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.1762 , 145.3538
Event Date: 27 Jul 2017 00:01 UTC
27 Jul 2017 10:01 Local
Exposed Population:
510000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2017 00:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
us2000a1k7 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 264 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake recorded in Hawaiian Islands channelSun, 30 Jul 2017 19:19:00 +0200.

The says a magnitude-4.2 earthquake was recorded in a channel between the islands of and Maui. Hawaii The agency said the quake was recorded at 2:01 local time Sunday about 16 miles (26 kilometers) southeast of Kaupo, Maui, at a depth of 11
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Earthquake recorded in Hawaiian Islands channelSun, 30 Jul 2017 18:54:00 +0200.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-4.2 earthquake was recorded in a channel between the islands of Hawaii and Maui. | File photo. HONOLULU — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-4.2 earthquake was recorded in a channel betw
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Natur - Was zum jüngsten Megatsunami an Grönlands Küste führteSun, 30 Jul 2017 18:39:00 +0200.

Doch kein Erdbeben. In den ersten Berichten war davon die Rede, dass ein Erdbeben der Magnitude 4 zu einem Erdrutsch geführt hatte, der die Riesenwelle auslöste. Doch neue Analysen des Tsunamiexperten Hermann Fritz (Georgia Institute of Tec
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Earthquake recorded in Hawaiian Islands channelSun, 30 Jul 2017 17:29:00 +0200.

HONOLULU — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-4.2 earthquake was recorded in a channel between the islands of Hawaii and Maui. The agency said the quake was recorded at 2:01 local time Sunday about 16 miles (26 kilometers) southeas
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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),