M 6.6 in Papua New Guinea on 15 Nov 2024 05:28 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 1453486
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 51.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.7021 , 153.3201
Event Date: 15 Nov 2024 05:28 UTC
15 Nov 2024 15:28 Local
Exposed Population: 3 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 15 Nov 2024 05:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000nrwz Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0.07m  
  C1 shakemap 0 Max wave realtime 0.07m  
  C2 shakemap 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
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Papua New Guinea - Earthquake (ECHO 15 Nov 2024)Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:55

  • An earthquake of 6.6 M at a depth of 52 km occurred in Papua New Guinea on 15 November at 5.28 UTC (15.28 local time). The epicentre was located on the sea 35 km east of the coast of New Ireland Island at 123 km east-south-east of Kokopo town, in East New Britain Province, eastern Papua New Guinea.
  • USGS PAGER estimated that up to 5,000 people were exposed to moderate shaking and up to 622,000 people to light shaking.
  • According to media reports, as of 15 November, there are no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),