M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 20 Mar 2015 01:02 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: -6.2876 , 149.9228
Event Date: 20 Mar 2015 01:02 UTC
20 Mar 2015 11:02 Local
Exposed Population:
115814 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 20 Mar 2015 01:23 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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
1074303 0.1 20 Mar 2015 01:02 5.1M, 35km N/A 120 thousand (in 100km) 00:20 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 and Malenglo.

Radius Population
100 km 120000 people
75 km 34000 people
50 km 22000 people
20 km 4800 people
10 km 2100 people
5 km 1200 people
2 km <1000 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
Malenglo West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 3 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
Kandrian KDR 112 42 km
Fulleborn FUB unknown 81 km
Linga Linga LGN unknown 87 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Gasmata Papua New Guinea 42 km
Kimbe PGKIM Papua New Guinea 85 km

More information

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