M 6.2 in Papua New Guinea on 25 Feb 2023 21:24 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 1361934
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 38.158 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.111 , 149.7927
Event Date: 25 Feb 2023 21:24 UTC
26 Feb 2023 07:24 Local
Exposed Population: 3 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 25 Feb 2023 21:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000jrlp Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 742 | About casualties: 36 | Last hour: 17

Un terremoto de 6,5 sacude Papúa Nueva-Guinea2023-03-01T08:11+0100.

MADRID, 1 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) - Un terremoto de 6,5 de magnitud en la escala de Richter ha sacudido este miércoles la región de Papúa Nueva-Guinea sin que por el momento se tengan datos de daños materiales o riesgo de tsunami. El Servicio G
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Un terremoto de 6,5 sacude Papúa Nueva-Guinea2023-03-01T08:05+0100.

MADRID, 1 (EUROPA PRESS) Un terremoto de 6,5 de magnitud en la escala de Richter ha sacudido este miércoles la región de Papúa Nueva-Guinea sin que por el momento se tengan datos de daños materiales o riesgo de tsunami. El Servicio Geológi
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URGENT Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée : un séisme de magnitude 6,5 ressenti ... 2023-03-01T08:03+0100.

Par : | Mots clés : PNG,séisme Un tremblement de terre de magnitude 6,5 s'est produit mercredi à 05H36 GMT à 104km au nord-ouest de Kimbe, en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, a indiqué l'Institut américain d'études géologiques (USGS). L'épicentr
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hits Kimbe in Papua New Guinea2023-03-01T08:00+0100.

This is the second earthquake in three days to strike the remote New Britain region ......

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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 (91), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),