M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 07 May 2024 01:11 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 1427667
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 56.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.2084 , 146.1691
Event Date: 07 May 2024 01:11 UTC
07 May 2024 11:11 Local
Exposed Population:
40 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 08 May 2024 03:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mwvb 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.
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)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 18 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Light mag. 4.7 earthquake - 106 km SE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea, on ... 2024-05-10T21:48+0200.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Angoram , a town with 1,600 inhabitants in Papua New Guinea , in 107 km (66 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there.
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Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes near Kokopo, Kokopo District, East Ne ... 2024-05-10T14:05+0200.

A shallow magnitude 5.3 earthquake was reported in the evening near Kokopo, Kokopo District, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Friday, May 10th, 2024, a
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Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - 92 km southwest of Kokopo, East New Bri ... 2024-05-10T14:05+0200.

A shallow magnitude 5.3 earthquake was reported in the evening near Kokopo, Kokopo District, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Friday, May 10th, 2024, a
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RNZAF Hercules, NZDF Personnel Arrive In Papua New Guinea To Help Dist ... 2024-05-10T05:03+0200.

Friday, 10 May 2024, 3:00 pm Press Release: New Zealand Defence Force A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H (NZ) Hercules has arrived in Papua New Guinea, where NZDF personnel will help deliver aid to 10 provinces. NZDF Photo/ Supplied. The
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),