Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 04 Aug 2020 17:50 UTC

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M 5.4 in Papua New Guinea on 04 Aug 2020 17:50 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:	5.4M
Depth:	170.85 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.7775 , 148.3394
Event Date:	04 Aug 2020 17:50 UTC 05 Aug 2020 03:50 Local
Exposed Population:	About 82000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000b9am
Inserted at:	04 Aug 2020 18:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000b9am	Scaled population (vector)	4.92
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.3

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1324915		0	04 Aug 2020 17:50	5.4M, 170.85km	N/A	80 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 West New Britain (population 130,000) . The nearest places are Aisega, Walawalapua, Aumo, Wilnari, Relmen, Aimaga Mission, Sagsag, Gilinit, Aimaga, Agulupella, and Benim.

Radius	Population
100 km	83000 people
75 km	35000 people
50 km	24000 people
20 km	3000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Aisega	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	5 km
Walawalapua	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	10 km
Aumo	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	11 km
Wilnari	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	18 km
Relmen	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	20 km
Aimaga Mission	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	21 km
Sagsag	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	22 km
Gilinit	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	22 km
Aimaga	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	23 km
Agulupella	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	23 km
Airagilpua	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	24 km
Kakumo	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	24 km
Aisilmapua	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	25 km
Tauali	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Barik	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Lab Lab Mission	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Garau	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	32 km
Kilenge Mission	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Yangla	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Nekarop	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Waremo	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Anepmete	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Silimate	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Gloucester	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Poini	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Natamu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	38 km
Marli	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Mareka	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Namaramanga	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 km
Molo	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Bambak	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Akonga	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Iungpun	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Warien	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Bukum	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	51 km
Alairo	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	51 km
Gomlongon	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Gurisi	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Tarawe	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Urubalne	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Aupwel	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Siamatai	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Barim	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Mararamu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Woro	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Barang	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Borowai	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Makasangno	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Uwilaitno	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Souren	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Sema	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Gasam	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Benim	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 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)	Distance
Lablab	LAB	unknown	34 km
Cape Gloucester Gloucester	CGC	24	37 km
Satwag	SWG	unknown	46 km
Konge	KGB	unknown	88 km
Sialum	SXA	unknown	89 km
Mindik	MXK	unknown	94 km
Kelanoa	KNL	unknown	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Gilau	PGGIL	Papua New Guinea	84 km
Arawe Harbour		Papua New Guinea	90 km

More information

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