Papua New Guinea Earthquake Impact Data for December 2025

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM) provides data on a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred in Papua New Guinea on December 22, 2025. The dataset includes the epicenter location at latitude -5.7199 and longitude 145.4955, a depth of 110.18 km, and an estimated impact on 310,188 people within 50 km. It was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the earthquake's impact zone based on the provided epicenter coordinates and 50 km radius.
• Estimate population exposure for humanitarian relief planning based on the 310,188 people impacted figure.
• Analyze seismic event characteristics such as magnitude and depth for geological hazard assessment.

Strengths

• Includes precise geographic coordinates (latitude -5.7199, longitude 145.4955) for the earthquake epicenter.
• Provides a specific population impact estimate of 310,188 people within 50 km.
• Data is sourced from WFP's operational Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset describes a single event; temporal coverage is limited to December 2025.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping

Collection Method

Collected, analyzed, and mapped by the Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system following a sudden onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

December 22, 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:08:40.373804; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Papua New Guinea, specifically 15km NE of Brahman at the provided coordinates.