M 5.7 in Papua New Guinea on 09 Jun 2024 16:28 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 1432393
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 125 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.4356 , 154.0968
Event Date: 09 Jun 2024 16:28 UTC
10 Jun 2024 02:28 Local
Exposed Population: 90 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 09 Jun 2024 17:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mrdc Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

India sends humanitarian aid to landslide-hit Papua New Guinea 6/13/2024 11:53:00 AM.

NEW DELHI: India sent a shipment of 19 tonnes of humanitarian and disaster relief (HADR) materials to Papua New Guinea 's Enga province on Thursday, in response to a major landslide that claimed over 2,000 lives. The assistance provided inc
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India sends relief material for Papua New Guinea amid devastating land.. 6/13/2024 11:34:00 AM.

New Delhi: India sent around 19 tonnes of relief material for the people of Papua New Guinea in the aftermath of devastating landslides that struck the island nation last month inflicting huge casualties and heavy damage to the infrastructu
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India sends relief material for Papua New Guinea amid devastating land.. 6/13/2024 11:03:00 AM.

New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): India sent around 19 tons of relief material for the people of Papua New Guinea in the aftermath of devastating landslides that struck the island nation last month inflicting huge casualties and heavy damag
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India sends relief material for Papua New Guinea amid devastating land.. 6/13/2024 10:50:00 AM.

New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): India sent around 19 tons of relief material for the people of Papua New Guinea in the aftermath of devastating landslides that struck the island nation last month inflicting huge casualties and heavy damag
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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),