M 5.6 in Papua New Guinea on 08 May 2026 12:22 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 1539709
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.9127 , 147.7321
Event Date: 08 May 2026 12:22 UTC
08 May 2026 22:22 Local
Exposed Population: 30 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 08 May 2026 12:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000sw6y Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),