Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 01 Jun 2016 15:24 UTC

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M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 01 Jun 2016 15:24 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:	5.1M
Depth:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.255 , 151.703
Event Date:	01 Jun 2016 15:24 UTC 02 Jun 2016 01:24 Local
Exposed Population:	About 60327 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 Jun 2016 15:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1129898		0	01 Jun 2016 15:24	5.1M, 35km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)		00:23	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 New Britain (population 170,000) . The nearest places are Kwai, Timomo, Lakiri, Senel, Bagatavi, Lalikar, Goni, Bakirua, Pendi, Mongu, and Ora.

Radius	Population
100 km	60000 people
75 km	35000 people
50 km	18000 people
20 km	2000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mongu	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	1 km
Pendi	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	4 km
Lalikar	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	5 km
Lakiri	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	6 km
Ora	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	7 km
Goni	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	8 km
Bakirua	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	8 km
Timomo	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	9 km
Bagatavi	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	10 km
Kwai	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 km
Senel	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 km

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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
Uvol	UVO	unknown					23 km
Gonalia	GOE	unknown					23 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Pondo Harbor		Papua New Guinea	75 km

More information

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