Papua New Guinea Earthquake Impact Analysis for June 19, 2025

33,271 people were impacted within 50km of a magnitude 5.6 earthquake near Turuo, Papua New Guinea. The dataset contains geospatial and socio-economic information analyzed by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system following the event. It was last updated on May 21, 2026, and is available in GEOJSON and CSV formats.

Use Cases

• Map the earthquake's impact zone based on the provided epicenter coordinates and 50km radius.
• Estimate population exposure for rapid needs assessment based on the reported 33,271 impacted people.
• Model seismic hazard and vulnerability by integrating the event's magnitude and depth parameters.
• Support post-disaster resource allocation using the automated analysis from a humanitarian operational system.

Strengths

• Includes specific impact metrics, such as 33,271 people affected within a 50km radius.
• Provides precise event parameters, including a magnitude of 5.6 and a depth of 61.515 km.
• Originates from an operational humanitarian analysis system (WFP ADAM) designed for emergency response.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and attribute completeness require manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Automated collection, analysis, and mapping of geospatial and socio-economic information following a sudden-onset emergency.

Time Range

Event occurred on June 19, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 21:44:21.251661; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Papua New Guinea, 30km east of Turuo (latitude -6.2862, longitude 147.8581).