M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 05 Feb 2016 20:11 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 1080053
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 30.36 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.2848 , 141.5681
Event Date: 05 Feb 2016 20:11 UTC
06 Feb 2016 06:11 Local
Exposed Population:
About 92507 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Feb 2016 21:12 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

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Etagebygning styrtet sammen i Taiwan efter stort jordskælv 2/5/2016 11:58:00 PM.

En bygning på syv etager er kollapset til den ene side efter et kraftigt jordskælv i Tainan i Taiwan, skriver Taiwans China Post ifølge Reuters. Ifølge Taiwans tv huser den høje bygning flere hundrede personer, og lige nu er omkring 30 pers
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Terremoto a Taiwan: crollati palazzi La Stampa 2/5/2016 11:57:00 PM.

© Fornito da La Stampa Una scossa di magnitudo 6.4 ha colpito il sud di Taiwan, con epicentro sulla terraferma dell’isola a 22 km a nord-est della città meridionale di Pingtung. Lo ha rilevato l’istituto geosismico statunitense Usgs. Dopo l
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Terremoto a Taiwan, magnitudo 6,7. Palazzi distrutti, si temono molti .. 2/5/2016 11:57:00 PM.

Taipei, 5 febbraio 2016 - Un forte terremoto, di magnitudo 6,7 (rivista a 6.4), ha colpito Taiwan nella zona meridionale Sui media di Taiwan si mostrano foto con palazzi crollati e inclinati: potrebbero esserci diversi morti. L'epicentro de
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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),