M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Jun 2018 13:06 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 1146858
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 58.17 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.0433 , 142.4482
Event Date: 21 Jun 2018 13:06 UTC
21 Jun 2018 23:06 Local
Exposed Population:
380000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jun 2018 13:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000exht Scaled population (vector) 5.57  
  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: 27 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

UN team trucks on with relief efforts in PNG HighlandsMon, 25 Jun 2018 07:38:00 +0200.

Violent unrest in Southern Highlands and neighbouring Hela province has proved a big obstacle to relief efforts following February's magnitude 7.5 quake which claimed around 150 lives and caused widespread devastation in these two Highlands
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Many still struggling in Papua New Guinea's quake-hit HelaMon, 25 Jun 2018 04:36:00 +0200.

The quake left widespread devastation and claimed around 150 lives in Hela and neighbouring Southern highlands province. Tribal and election related violence in both provinces have hampered post-earthquake relief efforts, with various inter
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Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea: Earthquake Response Operation Upda ... Sun, 24 Jun 2018 03:40:00 +0200.

On 26 February 2018, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit parts of the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, significantly affecting the Southern Highlands and Hela Provinces. The Papua New Guinea Government's National Disaster Center (NDC), es
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Habitantes de la región montañosa de Papúa Nueva Guinea intentan recup ... Tue, 19 Jun 2018 22:24:00 +0200.

. El 26 de febrero de 2018, un terremoto de 7,5 grados afectó partes de la región montañosa de Papúa Nueva Guinea, sobre todo las tierras del sur y la provincia de Hela. Meses después de esta devastadora catástrofe natural, los habitantes
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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),