M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 17 Feb 2020 03:54 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 1206835
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 21.93 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.2956 , 152.9991
Event Date: 17 Feb 2020 03:54 UTC
17 Feb 2020 13:54 Local
Exposed Population:
190000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Feb 2020 04:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70007rmp Scaled population (vector) 4.89  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 50 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

5.6-magnitude Earthquake Jolts East Seram, FakfakMon, 17 Feb 2020 04:35:00 +0100.

TEMPO.CO Jakarta - A 5.6-magnitude jolted East Seram District in Maluku Province and Fakfak in West Papua Province on Sunday morning, the second quake occurring in Seram sea this month, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (B
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits Papua New GuineaTue, 11 Feb 2020 05:16:00 +0100.

SYDNEY, Australia – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday, February 9, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit just after 4 pm loca
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SECOUSSE Un séisme de magnitude 6,2 survient au large de la Papouasie ... Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:21:00 +0100.

Un graphique des secousses enregistrées lors d'un séisme. (Illustration) — HARTMANN CHRISTIAN/SIPA. Un séisme de magnitude 6,2 s’est produit ce dimanche au large de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée . Le tremblement de terre n’a pas déclenché d’
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6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Papua New GuineaMon, 10 Feb 2020 00:48:00 +0100.

SYDNEY -A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit just after 4pm local time (0600GMT) at a dep
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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),