Overall Green Earthquake in Papua New Guinea on 25 May 2026 15:00 UTC

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M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 25 May 2026 15:00 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 1542458
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.0M
Depth:	66.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.7343 , 153.126
Event Date:	25 May 2026 15:00 UTC 26 May 2026 01:00 Local
Exposed Population:	5 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at:	25 May 2026 15:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000t028	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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