M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 06 May 2015 01:35 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: 5.0M
Depth: 44.61 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.3499 , 149.8717
Event Date: 06 May 2015 01:35 UTC
06 May 2015 11:35 Local
Exposed Population:
104140 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 06 May 2015 01:53 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
1079138 0.1 06 May 2015 01:35 5M, 44.61km N/A 100 thousand (in 100km) 00:17 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 Malenglo, and Kaveng.

Radius Population
100 km 100000 people
75 km 31000 people
50 km 20000 people
20 km 3600 people
10 km 1800 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
Malenglo West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 7 km
Kaveng West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 8 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 39 km
Fulleborn FUB unknown 88 km
Linga Linga LGN unknown 89 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Gasmata Papua New Guinea 48 km
Arawe Harbour Papua New Guinea 93 km
Kimbe PGKIM Papua New Guinea 94 km

More information

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