M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 16 Dec 2017 10:56 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 1128849
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 24.77 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.7549 , 147.9104
Event Date: 16 Dec 2017 10:56 UTC
16 Dec 2017 20:56 Local
Exposed Population:
110000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Dec 2017 11:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000c57k Scaled population (vector) 5.05  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 242 | About casualties: 54 | Last hour: 0

In Indonesia: Toll rises to three dead after quakeSat, 16 Dec 2017 21:40:00 +0100.

At least three people have been killed following a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Saturday. The quake struck at a depth of 91 kilometres (56 miles) just outside the coastal town of Cipat
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Герман Зверев: Крабовые аукционы являются угрозой для рыболовной ветвиSat, 16 Dec 2017 21:08:00 +0100.

Вероятное возвращение крабовых аукционов приведет к проблемам в отечественной рыболовной области, которую, фигурально выражаясь, накроет «экономическим цунами». В 2014-м году был благополучно обновлен русский закон, согласно положениям кото
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В Индонезии случилось землетрясение, существует угроза цунамиSat, 16 Dec 2017 20:43:00 +0100.

магнитудой 7,1 случилось в центральной Мексике. В пятницу, 15 декабря вблизи острова Ява в Индонезии случилось магнитудой 6,5 балла. Землетрясение мощное землетрясение силой в 6,5 баллов было сосредоточено в западной части острова Ява , соо
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Ini Penyebab Gempa Tasikmalaya Menurut PenelitiSat, 16 Dec 2017 20:11:00 +0100.

Gempa di kawasan itu biasanya terjadi akibat pertemuan atau penunjaman lempeng Indo-Australia ke lempeng Eurasia. Menurut Rahma, daerah sumber gempa itu masih perlu dikaji untuk memastikan titik gempanya. Informasi awal dari berbagai alat p
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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.
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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),