M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 25 Nov 2021 20:22 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 1298489
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 64.2 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.1122 , 149.1116
Event Date: 25 Nov 2021 20:22 UTC
26 Nov 2021 06:22 Local
Exposed Population:
70 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 01 Dec 2021 22:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000fx37 Scaled population (vector) 5.12  
  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: 162 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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Tsunami warnings are being issued as the La Palma volcano continues to erupt after more than 70 days. After more than ten weeks, a VOLCANIC eruption in La Palma is still raging, raising fears of a tsunami. According to EuroWeekly, the erupt
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Tsunami fears as La Palma volcano eruption rages on after more than 70 ... 2021-11-29T18:49+0100.

The eruption began on September 19 and has continued for more than 70 days. This means it has become the longest seen volcanic eruption on the island, according to EuroWeekly. Before this, the record belonged to a 66-day eruption which bega
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Tsunami fears as La Palma volcano eruption rages on after more than 70 ... 2021-11-29T18:06+0100.

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At least 34 dead as Indonesia quake topples homes, buildings2021-11-29T16:19+0100.

A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 34 people. More than 600 people were injured during the magnitude 6.2 quake,
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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),