M 5.3 in Papua New Guinea on 30 Mar 2015 08:31 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: 5.3M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.6231 , 152.5296
Event Date: 30 Mar 2015 08:31 UTC
30 Mar 2015 18:31 Local
Exposed Population:
240967 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 30 Mar 2015 08:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1075125 0 30 Mar 2015 08:31 5.3M, 35km N/A 240 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 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 and Nasko.

Radius Population
100 km 240000 people
75 km 220000 people
50 km 110000 people
20 km <1000 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
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 90000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Nasko New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 19 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
Lamassa LMG unknown 27 km
Tokua 10 35 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kokopo Roadstead Papua New Guinea 41 km
Rabaul PGRAB Papua New Guinea 62 km

More information

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