M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 14 Feb 2019 07:54 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 1170784
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 126.21 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.7821 , 146.9773
Event Date: 14 Feb 2019 07:54 UTC
14 Feb 2019 17:54 Local
Exposed Population:
260000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Feb 2019 08:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000jhtb Scaled population (vector) 5.21  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 16 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Un terremoto de magnitud de 6,4 sacude Papúa Nueva GuineaSun, 17 Feb 2019 17:06:00 +0100.

Un sismo de magnitud de 6,4 se ha registrado a 47 kilómetros al noroeste de Namatanai (Papúa Nueva Guinea) a las 14:35 UTC, informa el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El foco del temblor se ha localizado en un
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Papua New Guinea earthquake: Huge 6.4 tremor hits Pacific islandSun, 17 Feb 2019 16:16:00 +0100.

An earthquake measured at 6.4 has struck Papua New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific. A tsunami warning is currently in effect for the surrounding area. The earthquake struck at a depth of 367.93km, 47km north west of the town of Namatanai
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Oil Search : supports Kutubu Secondary School rebuild after earthquakeThu, 14 Feb 2019 06:48:00 +0100.

Oil Search supports Kutubu Secondary School rebuild after earthquake. PNG Media Release. Monday, 11 February 2019. Kutubu Secondary School in the Southern Highlands P rovince is rebuilding its school so 700 students can return to classes af
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World: Humanitarian Assistance in Review: East Asia and the Pacific | ... Fri, 08 Feb 2019 01:31:00 +0100.

Recurrent drought, earthquakes, floods, typhoons, and volcanoes present significant challenges to vulnerable populations in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region. Some countries also face civil unrest and associated humanitarian impact
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),