M 5.3 in Papua New Guinea on 26 Nov 2013 14:30 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 1013061
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 73.07 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.91 , 150.76
Event Date: 26 Nov 2013 14:30 UTC
27 Nov 2013 00:30 Local
Exposed Population:
134155 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Nov 2013 14:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.8 -0.8
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 286 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Las diferentes 'Arquitecturas después del tsunami' que devastó Japón e ... Sat, 30 Nov 2013 13:51:00 +0100.

El CentroCentro Cibeles acoge hasta el 9 de febrero la exposición 'Arquitecturas después del tsunami', una muestra que recoge una representación del abanico de movimientos arquitectónicos surgidos en Japón tras la devastación producida por
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Kerjasama Kesehatan, Komisi F DPR Aceh ke NorwegiaSat, 30 Nov 2013 08:50:00 +0100.

Atas undangan Hedmark University College, Norwegia, Komisi F DPR Aceh melakukan studi mengenai penanganan kesehatan jiwa, penganggaran dan pengelolaan di Institusi Kesehatan Norwegia.
Hilfe für Taifun-Opfer: Navis-Helfer behandeln hunderte PatientenSat, 30 Nov 2013 07:45:00 +0100.

Heute kehrt ein Team der Hilfsorganisation "Navis" nach dem Einsatz auf den Philippinen nach München zurück. Es wurde abgelöst von zwölf anderen Ärzten, Krankenschwestern, Sanitätern, Technikern und Apothekern.
Doctors tell of victims' strength in PhilippinesSat, 30 Nov 2013 06:19:00 +0100.

Two married doctors from the Philippines, who provided medical care in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, said Friday basic necessities such as water, electricity and hygienic items are still very much needed in the country's central region d
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),