M 5.6 in Australia on 05 Feb 2020 12:17 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 1205322
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -54.5501 , 158.7685
Event Date: 05 Feb 2020 12:17 UTC
05 Feb 2020 23:17 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Feb 2020 12:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (Australia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70007j07 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.63  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 134 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

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Séisme de 6,2 au large de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-GuinéeSun, 09 Feb 2020 11:01:00 +0100.

Un séisme de magnitude 6,2 s'est produit dimanche au large de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée sans toutefois déclencher d'alerte au tsunami, selon l'institut américain de géologie United States Geological Survey (USGS). Le tremblement de terr
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6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Papua New GuineaSun, 09 Feb 2020 10:57:00 +0100.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit just after 4pm local time (0600GMT) at a depth of 31
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6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Papua New GuineaSun, 09 Feb 2020 10:16:00 +0100.

SYDNEY: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit just after 4pm local time (0600GMT) at a dep
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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),