M 7.5 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.4 m) in Papua New Guinea on 29 Mar 2015 23:48 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude: 7.5M
Depth: 40 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.7599 , 152.5556
Event Date: 29 Mar 2015 23:48 UTC
30 Mar 2015 09:48 Local
Exposed Population: About 3000 people in MMI
230000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 30 Mar 2015 00:41 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 1.2 1.2
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 1.41m  
  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
1075061 1 29 Mar 2015 23:48 7.2M, 10km N/A 230 thousand (in 100km) 0.7m (at 00:08) 00:07 GEOFON
1075065 1.2 29 Mar 2015 23:48 7.6M, 33km N/A 230 thousand (in 100km) 1.1m (at 00:48) 00:10 NTWC    
1075073 1.3 29 Mar 2015 23:48 7.7M, 65.65km 7.15 240 thousand (in 100km) 0.7m (at 01:00) 00:20 NEIC
1075080 1.2 29 Mar 2015 23:48 7.5M, 40km 7.15 4 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 1.4m (at 00:50) 00:52 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 240000 people
75 km 180000 people
50 km 18000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 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
Lamassa LMG unknown 23 km
Tokua 10 49 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kokopo Roadstead Papua New Guinea 54 km
Rabaul PGRAB Papua New Guinea 74 km

More information

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