M 5.4 in Papua New Guinea on 21 May 2018 19:12 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 1143739
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 42.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.5594 , 155.0759
Event Date: 21 May 2018 19:12 UTC
22 May 2018 06:12 Local
Exposed Population:
120000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 May 2018 19:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Papua New Guinea= 7.6; Solomon Is.= 6.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000e9fw Scaled population (vector) 4.97  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 53 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

West PapuaThu, 24 May 2018 04:10:00 +0200.

Multi-national mining giant Rio Tinto says it plans to sell its interest in the lucrative Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua province for $US3.5 billion. There should have been more transparency around a government-led delegation's visit t
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Papua New Guinea: WFP Papua New Guinea Earthquake Response - Situation ... Mon, 21 May 2018 12:20:00 +0200.

In Numbers. 544,000 people affected. 270,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance. 38,000 people worst-affected by the earthquake and in need of food assistance. Highlights. • From 13 April-20 May, WFP distributed 166 mt of food— inclu
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Papua New Guinea: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian S ... Mon, 21 May 2018 12:20:00 +0200.

BANGLADESH. In the Rohingya refugee camps, during the period of 14-21 May, over 50 households and more than 150 individuals were affected by landslides and windstorms. To date, more than 21,300 refugees have been relocated from high risk lo
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Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea: Humanitarian Situation Report No. ... Fri, 18 May 2018 21:12:00 +0200.

Highlights. • On 4 May, an agreement was signed by the warring tribes in Hela Province, improving the security situation although it remains unpredictable. Humanitarian organizations, including UNICEF, are currently planning for the resumpt
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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),