M 5.8 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Jul 2025 16:41 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 1491333
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 101.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.9114 , 146.6033
Event Date: 21 Jul 2025 16:41 UTC
22 Jul 2025 02:41 Local
Exposed Population: 680 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 21 Jul 2025 16:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000qtxh Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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An earthquake measuring 5.9 magnitude struck New Guinea in Papua New Guinea on Friday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake hit at a depth of 110 km (68.35 miles), according to GFZ. Reuters.
Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Jolts New Guinea 7/24/2025 5:08:00 PM.

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, on Friday. The German Research Centre for Geosciences reported that the quake occurred at a depth of 110 kilometers. Authorities are assessing the impact and any potential need
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Terremoto di Magnitudo 5,9 Colpisce la Papua Nuova Guinea, Secondo il .. 7/24/2025 5:01:00 PM.

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),