M 5.9 in Papua New Guinea from 13 Aug 2022 18:57 UTC to 18:57

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1333512
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 51.569 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.0264 , 147.2735
Event Date: 13 Aug 2022 18:57 UTC
14 Aug 2022 04:57 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
390 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Inserted at: 13 Aug 2022 19:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000iakp Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 363 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Pil: Codogno; oggi ultimo urra', in arrivo tsunami (Class Cnbc)2022-08-17T18:13+0200.

ROMA (MF-DJ)--"Questo e' l'ultimo urra' perche' da qui in poi ci aspettano tempi molto duri". Lo afferma Lorenzo Codogno, visiting professor in practice della London School of Economisc, in un'intervista a Class Cnbc, in merito al Pil rilev
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PIL: Codogno; oggi ultimo urrà, in arrivo tsunami (Class Cnbc)2022-08-17T17:40+0200.

ROMA (MF-DJ)--"Questo è l'ultimo urrà perchè da qui in poi ci aspettano tempi molto duri". Lo afferma Lorenzo Codogno, visiting professor in practice della London School of Economisc, in un'intervista a Class Cnbc, in merito al Pil rilevato
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Sismo de magnitud 4.1 con epicentro en Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco2022-08-17T17:34+0200.

Un temblor de 4.1 de magnitud se registró en las cercanías de Puerto Vallarta a las 9:54 hora local (14:54 UTC) de hoy, informó el Servicio Sismológico Nacional (SSN). Información preliminar señala que el epicentro del sismo fue a 350 km al
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La Russie dévoile son sous-marin furtif le plus avancé hérissé de 12 m ... 2022-08-17T16:17+0200.

La RUSSIE a dévoilé sa dernière génération de sous-marins furtifs équipés de 12 missiles nucléaires. Le vaisseau “Arcturus” dispose également d’un compartiment de style Bond-villain pour lancer des drones sous-marins visant à éliminer les s
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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),