M 5.5 in Papua New Guinea on 11 Sep 2015 21:19 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: 5.5M
Depth: 30.26 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.977 , 146.66
Event Date: 11 Sep 2015 21:19 UTC
12 Sep 2015 07:19 Local
Exposed Population:
524964 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 11 Sep 2015 22:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
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
1096171 0.5 11 Sep 2015 21:19 5.5M, 39.84km N/A 520 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 NEIC
1096175 0.5 11 Sep 2015 21:19 5.5M, 30.26km 4.17 520 thousand (in 100km) 00:58 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 Morobe (population 390,000) . The nearest places are and Danatum.

Radius Population
100 km 520000 people
75 km 250000 people
50 km 40000 people
20 km 5600 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Morobe Papua New Guinea 390000 people
Madang Papua New Guinea 250000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Danatum Morobe 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
Sapmanga SMH unknown 17 km
Dinangat DNU unknown 21 km
Yalumet KYX unknown 21 km
Derim DER unknown 23 km
Nankina NKN unknown 27 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Lae PGLAE Papua New Guinea 93 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Yonki Ramu 1992 82 km

More information

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