M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 17 May 2025 00:45 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 1482065
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.5251 , 145.3506
Event Date: 17 May 2025 00:45 UTC
17 May 2025 10:45 Local
Exposed Population:
80 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 17 May 2025 01:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000pzrm Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Urgent: 6.6-magnitude quake hits 111 km NE of Angoram, Papua New Guine.. 5/20/2025 9:58:00 PM.

NEW YORK, May. 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted 111 km NE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea at 2025-05-20 15:05:59 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 53.0 km, was initially
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6.2-magnitude quake hits Near North Coast of Papua New Guinea -- GFZ 5/20/2025 9:58:00 PM.

HONG KONG, May 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted Near North Coast of Papua New Guinea at 1505 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initial
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Urgent: 6.6-magnitude quake hits 111 km NE of Angoram, Papua New Guine.. 5/20/2025 9:58:00 PM.

NEW YORK, May. 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted 111 km NE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea at 2025-05-20 15:05:59 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 53.0 km, was initially
...(more)
6.2-magnitude quake hits Near North Coast of Papua New Guinea -- GFZ 5/20/2025 9:58:00 PM.

HONG KONG, May 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted Near North Coast of Papua New Guinea at 1505 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initial
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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),