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.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),