Overall Green Earthquake in Papua New Guinea on 11 Apr 2014 09:35 UTC

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M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 11 Apr 2014 09:35 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 1029478
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	65.65 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.8578 , 154.843
Event Date:	11 Apr 2014 09:35 UTC 11 Apr 2014 19:35 Local
Exposed Population:	About 29471 people within 100km
Inserted at:	11 Apr 2014 10:44 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Two strong earthquakes raise tsunami fears in Solomon Islands 4/13/2014 4:16:00 PM.

Two strong earthquakes struck the Solomon Islands today, triggering a tsunami warning, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Zweet staarkt Äerdbiewen op de Salomonen-Inselen 4/13/2014 4:15:00 PM.

No engem éischte staarke Biewen e Sonndeg de Moien op de Salomonen-Inselen am Pazifik gouf, huet de Buedem eng weider Kéier gewackelt.

Trzesienie ziemi na Pacyfiku. 7,5 stopnia. Zagrozenie tsunami 4/13/2014 4:14:00 PM.

Potezne trzesienie ziemi o magnitudzie 7,5 stopnia wystapilo w rejonie Wysp Salomona na Oceanie Spokojnym. Wydano ostrzezenie przed tsunami - poinformowaly amerykanskie sluzby geosejsmiczne USGS.

Znów potezne trzesienie ziemi kolo wysp Salomona 4/13/2014 4:14:00 PM.

Silne trzesienie ziemi ponownie nawiedzilo Wyspy Salomona na Oceanie Spokojnym. Wstrzas mial sile 7,5 stopnia w skali Richtera.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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