Overall Green Earthquake in Papua New Guinea on 05 Sep 2024 01:03 UTC

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M 6.2 in Papua New Guinea on 05 Sep 2024 01:03 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 1444697
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.2M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.487 , 144.2508
Event Date:	05 Sep 2024 01:03 UTC 05 Sep 2024 11:03 Local
Exposed Population:	3 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at:	05 Sep 2024 01:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us6000nps8	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	0	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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Papua New Guinea - Earthquake (ECHO 10 Sep 2024)Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:58

An earthquake of 6.2 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in Papua New Guinea on 5 September at 1.03 UTC (11.03 local time). The epicentre was located 66 km north-northeast of Angoram town, in East Sepik Province, northern Papua New Guinea.
USGS PAGER estimated that up to 3,000 people were exposed to strong shaking and up to 119,000 people to moderate shaking.
According to media reports, as of 5 September, there are no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.

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