Earthquake in Papua New Guinea (2018-02-25)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-02-25 23:42:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-02-25 07:44:00
Event type: Earthquake (Ground shaking)

Activation reason:
Papua New Guinea was rocked by an earthquake on 25 February 2018. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the center of the island near the Southern Highlands area, with tremors felt across the surrounding region. The phenomenon was recorded at a depth of 10 km, at 03:44 Local Time (17:44 UTC).

Reference products: 8
Delineation products: 2
Grading products: 6

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Earthquake in Papua New Guinea (2018-02-25). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/f24f6b1f-ae80-4d39-8758-b5c226582b1f

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Earthquake Emergency Emergency Management EMSR270 Mapping Papua New Guinea PNG Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR270]: Earthquake in Papua New Guinea (2018-02-25)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((142.774160076 -5.80823346191, 143.676602449 -5.80823346191, 143.676602449 -6.35133002379, 142.774160076 -6.35133002379, 142.774160076 -5.80823346191))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-19
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2018-02-25
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR270
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/f24f6b1f-ae80-4d39-8758-b5c226582b1f
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