M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Mar 2018 08:00 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 1138093
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.015 , 142.4164
Event Date: 21 Mar 2018 08:00 UTC
21 Mar 2018 18:00 Local
Exposed Population:
370000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2018 08:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000d70g Scaled population (vector) 5.54  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 384 | About casualties: 35 | Last hour: 0

زلزال بقوة 6.3 درجات يضرب بابوا غينيا الجديدةSat, 24 Mar 2018 19:32:00 +0100.

سيدني: ضرب زلزال بقوة 6,3 درجات جزيرة نيو بريتن في بابوا غينيا الجديدة السبت، بحسب ما اعلن علماء زلازل اميركيون، من دون صدور تحذير من خطر حصول مد بحري او تسجيل اضرار. وقع الزلزال عند الساعة 9:23 بالتوقيت المحلي (11:23 ت غ) على عمق 67 كيلومت
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Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea, no tsunami threat | ... Sat, 24 Mar 2018 18:14:00 +0100.

. This story has not been edited by Firstpost staff and is generated by auto-feed. Published Date: Mar 24, 2018 22:15 PM | Updated Date: Mar 24, 2018 22:15 PM.
Pământul s-a cutremurat puternic! S-a produs un seism de 6,8 grade pe ... Sat, 24 Mar 2018 18:13:00 +0100.

Un seism cu magnitudinea 6,8 s-a produs sâmbătă dimineaţa la aproximativ 180 de kilometri sud-vest de Rabaul, Papua Noua Guinee, conform Serviciul de prospectare geologică al Statelor Unite (USGS), transmite Reuters. a avut epicentrul la a
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زلزال بقوة 6.3 درجات يضرب بابوا غينيا الجديدةSat, 24 Mar 2018 17:56:00 +0100.

ضرب زلزال بقوة 6.3 درجات جزيرة نيو بريتن، في بابوا غينيا الجديدة السبت، بحسب ما أعلن علماء زلازل أمريكيون، من دون صدور تحذير من خطر حصول مد بحري أو تسجيل أضرار. ووقع الزلزال عند الساعة 9:23 بالتوقيت المحلي "11:23 ت غ" على عمق 67 كيلومترا، و
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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),