Overall Orange Earthquake in Papua New Guinea on 19 Jun 2023 11:18 UTC

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M 5.9 in Papua New Guinea on 19 Jun 2023 11:18 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	EQ 1379142
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.9M
Glide number:	EQ-2023-000101-PNG
Depth:	21.184 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.4654 , 144.8717
Event Date:	19 Jun 2023 11:18 UTC 19 Jun 2023 21:18 Local
Exposed Population:	10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at:	19 Jun 2023 12:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	1.2		1.2
us7000k9jv	Scaled population (raster)	2.95
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.3

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Papua New Guinea - Earthquake (ECHO 20 Jun 2023)Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:14

On 19 June at 11:18 UTC (21:18 local time) an earthquake of 5.9 M at a depth of 21 km occurred in East Sepik Province in northern Papua New Guinea.
The epicentre was located approximately 99 km east-southeast of Angoram Town.
USGS PAGER estimates that up to 10,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and up to 63,000 to strong.
According to media, as of 19 of June, there are no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.

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