M 5.6 in Papua New Guinea on 24 Jun 2013 08:01 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 1000279
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10.2 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.5011 , 148.6283
Event Date: 24 Jun 2013 08:01 UTC
24 Jun 2013 18:01 Local
Exposed Population:
About 52331 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Jun 2013 11:06 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 166 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Ravi saw his mother for one last timeTue, 25 Jun 2013 22:15:00 +0200.

A tour operator, Ravi had set out on the Char Dham pilgrimage with a group of 20 men and women, including his mother and relatives, from Doodhbowli, Yapral & Petbasheerabad on June 2
NOAA: A Rare Tsunami Hit The East Coast Earlier This MonthTue, 25 Jun 2013 22:07:00 +0200.

The 6-foot wave may have been triggered by a big change in air pressure, which may have been caused by a big storm.
Tsunami may have hit East Coast earlier in JuneTue, 25 Jun 2013 21:58:00 +0200.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A storm that blew through earlier this month might have spurred a rare phenomenon for the East Coast: a tsunami.
Tokio, el rival más fuerte de Madrid 2020Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:20:00 +0200.

La candidatura japonesa destaca por sedes, transporte y fortaleza financiera Estambul sale como la peor parada por el informe de evaluación del COI Madrid vuelve a apostar por el grado de terminación de sus sedes Descargue el informe comple
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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.
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),