M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 15 Jun 2021 02:44 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 1273214
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.4199 , 148.1094
Event Date: 15 Jun 2021 02:44 UTC
15 Jun 2021 12:44 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Jun 2021 01:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ed4j Scaled population (vector) 2.28  
  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

Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.0 just reported 90 km southeast ... Wed, 16 Jun 2021 22:58:00 +0200.

Papua New Guinea was shaken near Kimbe, Talasea District, West New Britain Province, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 only 23 minutes ago, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 62.6 km
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Indonesia: Magnitude-5.8 offshore earthquake occurs in Banda Sea, sout ... Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:28:00 +0200.

Event. A magnitude-5.8 offshore earthquake occurred in the Banda Sea, south of Seram Island, Maluku Province, Indonesia, at about 13:43 WIT June 16. The epicenter was around 147 km (91 miles) east of Ambon. The tremor occurred at a depth of
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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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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),