M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 29 May 2022 08:59 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 1324432
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 48.42 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.4885 , 147.7118
Event Date: 29 May 2022 08:59 UTC
29 May 2022 18:59 Local
Exposed Population:
380 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 29 May 2022 09:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000hdeu Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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WEEKLY DISASTER UPDATE 23 – 29 May 20222022-05-30T22:24+0200.

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ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update Week 21 (23 – 29 May 2022) – Indonesia2022-05-30T13:09+0200.

For the twenty-first week of 2022, a total of 30 disasters (24 floods, 2 landslides, 2 storms, and 2 wind-related) affected the region. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam have reportedly been affected. Heavy rainfall, strong wind,
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ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update Week 21 (23 – 29 May 2022)2022-05-30T12:15+0200.

REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the twenty-first week of 2022, a total of 30 disasters (24 floods, 2 landslides, 2 storms, and 2 wind-related) affected the region. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam have reportedly been affected. Heavy rainf
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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),