M 7 in Papua New Guinea from 02 Apr 2023 18:04 UTC to 18:04

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1367745
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.0M
Glide number: EQ-2023-000049-PNG
Depth: 62.603 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.2924 , 143.155
Event Date: 02 Apr 2023 18:04 UTC
03 Apr 2023 04:04 Local
Exposed Population: 120 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 02 Apr 2023 18:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.9 0 1.9
us6000k1id Scaled population (raster) 3.89 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.3      
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Papua New Guinea - Earthquake (ECHO 03 Apr 2023)Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:52

  • A strong earthquake of 7.0 M at a depth of 63 km occurred in the northern Papua New Guinea on 2 April at 18:04 UTC (3 April at 4:04 local time). The epicentre was located 97 km from the coastal town of Wewak, in the country's East Sepik province in the sparsely populated mountainous Momase Region and 240 km east of the border with Indonesia.
  • According to the local aid agencies and partners, the earthquake was felt strongly in Mendi and the whole Highlands province. There have been no reports on casualties or major damage so far. It could take several hours until authorities would conduct comprehensive damage assessment.
  • USGS estimates that up to 133,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and up to 333,000 people to strong shaking.
  • This earthquake comes merely two weeks after 6.1 M earthquake hit Papua New Guinea's capital on 14 March.
  • DG ECHO is closely monitoring the situation.
Papua New Guinea - Earthquake, update (ECHO 04 Apr 2023)Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:06

  • After the strong earthquake of 7.0 M at a depth of 63 km occurred south-west of Wewak City (East Sepik Province, western Momase Region, north-western Papua New Guinea) on 2 April at 18:04 UTC (3 April at 4:04 local time), casualties and damage were reported across the Momase Region itself and the neighbouring Highlands Region.
  • Media report, as of 4 April, four fatalities, 17 people injured and approximately 300 heavily damaged houses across 23 villages throughout the East Sepik Province, in particular nearby the area of the Chambri Lake.
M7 in Papua New Guinea - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 05 Apr 2023 16:24

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (92), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),