M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 17 May 2015 03:56 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.3138 , 152.1217
Event Date: 17 May 2015 03:56 UTC
17 May 2015 13:56 Local
Exposed Population:
246148 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 17 May 2015 04:17 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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
1080813 0.2 17 May 2015 03:56 5M, 10km N/A 250 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 East New Britain (population 170,000) . The nearest places are Tavuiliu, Tanaka, Napapar Number 1, Malmaluan, and Vunakabi.

Radius Population
100 km 250000 people
75 km 230000 people
50 km 220000 people
20 km 170000 people
10 km 43000 people
5 km 22000 people
2 km 2000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Napapar Number 1 East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 1 km
Vunakabi East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 2 km
Malmaluan East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 3 km
Tavuiliu East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 4 km
Tanaka East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 4 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
Rabaul RAB 4 13 km
Tokua 10 29 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Rabaul PGRAB Papua New Guinea 14 km
Kokopo Roadstead Papua New Guinea 18 km

More information

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