M 5.8 in Papua New Guinea on 11 Mar 2019 16:25 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 1173125
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 30.03 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.0443 , 149.0199
Event Date: 11 Mar 2019 16:25 UTC
12 Mar 2019 02:25 Local
Exposed Population: About 11000 people in MMI
About 73000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Mar 2019 17:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000jdlr Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 20 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Papua New Guinea: Reaching the Remotest: Earthquake Response in Papua ... Thu, 14 Mar 2019 01:26:00 +0100.

FEB 26 - EARTHQUAKE HITS. On 26 February 2018, a M7.5 earthquake took place in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. This resulted in the loss of lives and destruction of key infrastructure while affecting businesses, livelihoods and access to
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Port Moresby – Hace un año, Papúa Nueva Guinea sufría el impacto de un ... Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:25:00 +0100.

Port Moresby – Hace un año, Papúa Nueva Guinea sufría el impacto de un terremoto de 7,5 grados que dañó muchas casas y provocó el desplazamiento de las comunidades locales. La OIM usó su Matriz de Seguimiento de Desplazamiento para poder ha
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Papua New Guinea: IOM Empowers Women to Safely Rebuild Homes in Earthq ... Fri, 08 Mar 2019 13:40:00 +0100.

Port Moresby – A year ago, Papua New Guinea was struck by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that damaged many homes and displaced local communities. IOM used its Displacement Tracking Matrix to map out locations hosting the displaced, identifying
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IOM Empowers Women to Safely Rebuild Homes in Earthquake-Affected Comm ... Fri, 08 Mar 2019 11:03:00 +0100.

Port Moresby – A year ago, Papua New Guinea was struck by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that damaged many homes and displaced local communities. IOM used its Displacement Tracking Matrix to map out locations hosting the displaced, identifying
...(more)

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),