M 5.5 in Papua New Guinea on 18 Nov 2023 03:01 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 1401354
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.7745 , 151.2707
Event Date: 18 Nov 2023 03:01 UTC
18 Nov 2023 13:01 Local
Exposed Population: 70 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 18 Nov 2023 03:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000lp9k Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

5.5-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea Region -- GFZ 11/21/2023 8:48:00 AM.

HONG KONG, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Papua New Guinea Region at 07:10:17 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially deter
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5.5-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea Region -- GFZ 11/21/2023 8:41:00 AM.

HONG KONG, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Papua New Guinea Region at 07:10:17 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ....
Alert level downgraded for Papua New Guinea's tallest volcano 11/21/2023 6:46:00 AM.

A cloud of volcanic ash and steam rises as Mount Ulawun erupts, seen from 30,000 feet in the air, on April 30, 2001. Authorities have downgraded the alert level for Papua New Guinea's tallest volcano, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023 and ruled out a
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World News | Alert Level Downgraded for Papua New Guinea's Tallest Vol.. 11/21/2023 6:45:00 AM.

Canberra, Nov 21 (AP) Papua New Guinea's tallest volcano had its alert level reduced on Tuesday and a tsunami was ruled out one day after Mount Ulawun erupted, spewing smoke as high as 15 kilometres into the sky. One of the South Pacific na
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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),