Overall Green Earthquake in Papua New Guinea on 13 Jul 2026 08:53 UTC

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M 6.4 in Papua New Guinea on 13 Jul 2026 08:53 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 1551590
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.4M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.2207 , 148.5218
Event Date:	13 Jul 2026 08:53 UTC 13 Jul 2026 18:53 Local
Exposed Population:	60 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at:	13 Jul 2026 09:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us7000szzy	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	0	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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