Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 17 Dec 2016 16:14 UTC

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M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 17 Dec 2016 16:14 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 1101139
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.0M
Depth:	66.37 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.449 , 153.5379
Event Date:	17 Dec 2016 16:14 UTC 18 Dec 2016 02:14 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people within 100km
Inserted at:	17 Dec 2016 17:07 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us200081yj	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Articles: 886 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

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Indonesia: Form 2 - Situation Update No. 8: Aceh Pidie Jaya Earthquake ... Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:13:00 +0100.

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Tokio 2020 desvela presupuesto de 16.800 mln dlr; busca más ahorrosWed, 21 Dec 2016 14:44:00 +0100.

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