M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Jan 2021 02:06 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 1252480
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 192.71 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.5722 , 147.4592
Event Date: 21 Jan 2021 02:06 UTC
21 Jan 2021 12:06 Local
Exposed Population:
100000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2021 02:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000d1wf Scaled population (vector) 4.84  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
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Latest media headlines

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Papua New Guinea: Magnitude-5.5 offshore earthquake occurs in eastern ... Sat, 23 Jan 2021 19:20:00 +0100.

Magnitude-5.5 offshore earthquake occurs in eastern Papua New Guinea at around 0258 Jan. 24. No immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Papua New Guinea Hit by 5.7 Magnitude Earthquake - US Geological Surve ... Sat, 23 Jan 2021 11:07:00 +0100.

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake was registered on Saturday in the eastern part of Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey said.The tremor was recorded at 03:19 GMT, 36 kilometers (over 22 miles) northwest of the town of Finschhafen. The epice
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Magnitude-5.2 earthquake occurs in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, 1834 Jan. 23. No immediate reports of damage or injuries.

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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),