M 6 in Papua New Guinea on 19 Jul 2018 18:30 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 1150808
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 31.16 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.1458 , 148.6912
Event Date: 19 Jul 2018 18:30 UTC
20 Jul 2018 04:30 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
About 65000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Jul 2018 19:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usd00090uc Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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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: 11 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Alyssa Azar ready to scale new heightsSun, 22 Jul 2018 22:53:00 +0200.

SHE'S just conquered Mt Everest for the second time in her young life but despite the extraordinary achievement, there's no chance you'll catch 21-year-old Alyssa Azar resting on her laurels. The remarkable woman became the youngest Austral
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Exxon’s Papua New Guinea Gas Project Is Dead In The Water Papua New Gu ... Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:30:00 +0200.

Until recently, tiny Papua New Guinea (PNG) was the envy of the world’s LNG producers. Not only did its PNG LNG export project come online without much delay but it also avoided the quandary, affecting nearby Australia whose LNG development
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Aftershocks Ongoing After Big PNG QuakeSun, 08 Jul 2018 14:39:00 +0200.

No reports through yet on significant damages or casualties. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, December 20, 2016) – Aftershocks continue in PNG's New Guinea Islands region after Saturday night's big earthquake. A mag
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Power restored at PNG's Porgera mine after earthquake disruptionFri, 29 Jun 2018 05:29:00 +0200.

Restoration of electricity has allowed the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province to resume full operations after a four month disruption. The company which runs the mine, Barrick Niugini Limited, says February's magnitude 7
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),