M 6 in Papua New Guinea on 30 Oct 2024 12:18 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 1451385
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 521.2 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.4502 , 150.0872
Event Date: 30 Oct 2024 12:18 UTC
30 Oct 2024 22:18 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand in MMI II
Inserted at: 30 Oct 2024 12:32 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000nnz9 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

5.3-magnitude quake hits 68 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea: USGS 10/31/2024 10:28:00 PM.

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 68 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea, at 17:46:28 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 50.6 km, was initially determined
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5.3-magnitude quake hits 68 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea: USGS 10/31/2024 10:26:00 PM.

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 68 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea, at 17:46:28 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 50.6 km, was initially determined
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Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - Papua New Guinea: D''Entrecasteaux Isla.. 10/31/2024 8:47:00 PM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Samarai , a town with 1,600 inhabitants in Papua New Guinea , in 149 km (93 mi) distance southwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking t
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Strong mag. 5.3 earthquake - Solomon Sea, 80 km south of Arawa, Bougai.. 10/31/2024 6:44:00 PM.

Just 11 minutes ago, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. The tremor was recorded early morning on Friday, November 1st, 2024, at 4:46 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface. Th
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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),