M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 26 Nov 2014 16:40 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 1043861
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 59.44 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.83 , 152.98
Event Date: 26 Nov 2014 16:40 UTC
27 Nov 2014 02:40 Local
Exposed Population:
About 50775 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Nov 2014 17:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 253 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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Minnesplatser förfaller inför katastrofens dagSun, 30 Nov 2014 14:11:00 +0100.

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Liguria/Terremoto di magnitudo 3.8 in Val TrebbiaSun, 30 Nov 2014 12:59:00 +0100.

33,02% Attinenza Interesse: NAZIONALE 12 Giorni fa 17 Visite Condividi: Prima Pagina - Una notte di paura per gli abitanti di Atene a seguito di un sisma di magnitudo 5.4 registrato sull'isola di Eubea, a nord della capitale greca. Il terre
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Secousse tellurique de 5,1 degrés dans trois régions au nord du ChiliSun, 30 Nov 2014 06:03:00 +0100.

Santiago, 30 nov. 2014 (MAP) - Un séisme de 5,1 degrés sur l'échelle ouverte de Richter a frappé samedi les régions d'Arica et Parinacota et Tarapaca, au nord du Chili, a indiqué l'Institut sismologique de l'Université du Chili. Cette secou
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),