M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 25 May 2024 04:33 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 1430252
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 92.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.6845 , 154.3413
Event Date: 25 May 2024 04:33 UTC
25 May 2024 15:33 Local
Exposed Population:
50 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 25 May 2024 04:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000n0we Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

India announces 1 million dollars in relief for Papua New Guinea 5/28/2024 8:42:00 PM.

New Delhi, May 28 (Prensa Latina) India has announced it will be donating US$1 million in relief assistance for Papua New Guinea after a landslide Friday buried alive over 2,000 people in the country, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
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India Offers $1 Million Relief Aid To Papua New Guinea After Devastati.. 5/28/2024 8:02:00 PM.

- AsiaNet News) India on Tuesday (May 28) extended $1 million in immediate relief aid to Papua New Guinea following a devastating landslide that claimed over 650 lives in the Enga Province on May 24. The tragic event buried over 2000 people
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India Announces $1 Million Relief Assistance For Landslide-Hit Papua N.. 5/28/2024 6:02:00 PM.

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday announced an immediate relief assistance of US$ 1 million to support relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in Papua New Guinea which was devastated by a massive landslide on May 24. The landslide in E
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Papua Nuova Guinea: operatori della diocesi di Wabag hanno potuto ragg.. 5/28/2024 2:04:00 PM.

Operatori della diocesi di Wabag in Papua Nuova Guinea hanno potuto raggiungere l’area colpita dalla frana dopo aver percorso 2 ore e mezza di strada. In un primissimo report giunto al Sir, la diocesi che opera proprio nell’area colpita dal
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),