A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 65km southwest of Konos, Papua New Guinea on January 21, 2025. The dataset, produced by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system, provides the epicenter coordinates and estimates 139 people were impacted within a 50km radius. It is a geospatial record of a sudden-onset humanitarian emergency.
Use Cases
- Map the earthquake's epicenter and impact radius based on the provided latitude, longitude, and depth.
- Estimate potential humanitarian needs based on the reported population count within 50km.
- Integrate event data into regional seismic hazard models based on the magnitude and location.
- Support rapid response planning for sudden-onset emergencies based on the automated disaster analysis system.
Strengths
- Provides specific magnitude (5.5), depth (10.0 km), and epicenter coordinates (-3.7368, 151.5823).
- Includes a concrete estimate of impacted population (139 people).
- Originates from an operational humanitarian analysis system (WFP ADAM).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific event and reporting system.
Provenance
- Source
- WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)
- Collection Method
- Automated collection, analysis, and mapping of geospatial and socio-economic information following emergencies.
- Time Range
- Event date: 2025-01-21
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 21:46:22.244606; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Papua New Guinea, specifically 65km SW of Konos.