M 5.6 in Papua New Guinea on 13 Jun 2015 07:08 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.2446 , 143.8436
Event Date: 13 Jun 2015 07:08 UTC
13 Jun 2015 17:08 Local
Exposed Population:
173217 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 13 Jun 2015 07:31 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1084378 0.3 13 Jun 2015 07:08 5.6M, 10km N/A 170 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Papua New Guinea , Province of East Sepik (population 280,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 170000 people
75 km 81000 people
50 km 45000 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
East Sepik Papua New Guinea 280000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Wewak International WWK 6 42 km
Sepik Plains SPV unknown 75 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Wewak PGWWK Papua New Guinea 42 km

More information

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