M 6.5 in Papua New Guinea on 27 Nov 2023 21:46 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 1402729
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 8 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.5708 , 144.0415
Event Date: 27 Nov 2023 21:46 UTC
28 Nov 2023 07:46 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 27 Nov 2023 23:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.3 0.3
us7000le6w Scaled population (raster) 1.41 Max wave alert 0.32m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.32m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.3      
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Papua New Guinea - Earthquake (ECHO 28 Nov 2023)Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:22

  • An earthquake of 6.5 M at a depth of 8 km occurred in north-eastern East Sepik Province in north-western Papua New Guinea on 27 November at 21.46 UTC (28 November at 7.46 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 20 km northeast of Samap Village and 40 km east of Wewak City, East Sepik Province.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 56,000 people were exposed to strong shaking and 162,000 to moderate shaking.
  • According to media, as of 28 November, there are no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),