M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 29 Apr 2024 13:08 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 1426516
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 9.8 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.0288 , 143.1878
Event Date: 29 Apr 2024 13:08 UTC
29 Apr 2024 23:08 Local
Exposed Population:
2 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 29 Apr 2024 14:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000muvv 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, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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

Strong mag. 5.1 earthquake - 100 km southeast of Wewak, East Sepik, Pa ... 2024-05-02T09:27+0200.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Wewak , a town with 18,000 inhabitants in Papua New Guinea , in 100 km (62 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there.
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Terremoto in Papua Nuova Guinea, epicentro in Nuova Britannia | DATI e ... 2024-05-02T05:51+0200.

Forte terremoto in Papua Nuova Guinea : l’INGV segnala un sisma magnitudo Mwp 6.0 sull’isola di Nuova Britannia . L’evento si è verificato alle 01:45 ora italiana (10:45 ora locale) ad una profondità di 65 km. Non si hanno al momento notizi
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5.9-magnitude quake hits 101 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea -- USGS2024-05-02T05:23+0200.

Hong Kong, May 2 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted 101 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea at 2345 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 31.3 km, was initially determined to be at 5
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5.9-magnitude quake hits 101 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea -- USGS2024-05-02T03:43+0200.

HONG KONG, May 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted 101 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea at 2345 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 31.3 km, was initially determined to b
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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),