M 6.6 in Papua New Guinea on 19 Apr 2014 01:04 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 1030087
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 24.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.6787 , 155.0854
Event Date: 19 Apr 2014 01:04 UTC
19 Apr 2014 11:04 Local
Exposed Population:
About 91133 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Apr 2014 02:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.1 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.06m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 538 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 7.5 Quake Strikes Off Papua New Guinea: USGSSat, 19 Apr 2014 22:08:00 +0200.

Sydney. A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck off Papua New Guinea late Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. A tsunami warning was issued for Papua and the Solomon Islands by the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Cente
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Sismo de 5,2 en frontera tico-panameñaSat, 19 Apr 2014 22:07:00 +0200.

Un sismo de magnitud 5,2 en la escala de Richter remeció este sábado el Pacífico occidental de Panamá, sin causar víctimas ni daños materiales, informó el Instituto de Geociencias de la Universidad de Panamá. El sismo, ocurrido a las 08H34
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¡Cancelan advertencia de tsunami tras sismo de magnitud 7,5 en Papúa N ... Sat, 19 Apr 2014 21:58:00 +0200.

El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos canceló una advertencia de tsunami emitida después de un terremoto que alcanzó una magnitud de 7,5 en la escala de Richter, ocurrido hoy en la región de Papúa Nueva Guinea y las Islas Solomon.Según la
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Strong earthquake strikes off Papua New GuineaSat, 19 Apr 2014 21:48:00 +0200.

A powerful earthquake struck off the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

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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 (81), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),