M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 11 Jun 2021 07:00 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 1272625
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 107.72 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.0048 , 146.2707
Event Date: 11 Jun 2021 07:00 UTC
11 Jun 2021 17:00 Local
Exposed Population:
750000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Jun 2021 07:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ec0u Scaled population (vector) 5.73  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 19 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Moderate magnitude 4.9 earthquake 70 km west of Nabire, IndonesiaMon, 14 Jun 2021 20:32:00 +0200.

Just 11 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Nabire, Papua, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Tuesday 15 June 2021 at 3:16 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface. The event was filed by
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Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - PAPUA, INDONESIA, on Monday, 14 June 20 ... Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:32:00 +0200.

Just 11 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Nabire, Papua, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Tuesday 15 June 2021 at 3:16 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface. The event was filed by
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Papúa Nueva Guinea: Alerta de tsunami tras un terremoto de 7.9 gradosMon, 14 Jun 2021 04:35:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 7,9 cerca de Papúa Nueva Guinea activó este sábado una alerta de tsunami para varias islas del Pacífico occidental, anunció el Centro de Alerta de Tsunami del Pacífico. El PTWC afirmó que era posible que olas de tsu
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Papua New Guinea: Magnitude-5.1 earthquake occurs in central Papua New ... Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:21:00 +0200.

Event. A magnitude-5.1 earthquake occurred in central Papua New Guinea at 17:00 June 11. The epicenter was about 55 km (34 miles) northeast of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 108 km (67 miles), and light
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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),