M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Sep 2015 23:06 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: 24.16 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.9704 , 151.4237
Event Date: 21 Sep 2015 23:06 UTC
22 Sep 2015 09:06 Local
Exposed Population:
About 44690 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 21 Sep 2015 23:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 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
1098655 0 21 Sep 2015 23:06 5M, 24.16km N/A 40 thousand (in 100km) 00:18 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 45000 people
75 km 21000 people
50 km 9300 people
20 km 1000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea East New Britain 170000 people
Papua New Guinea West New Britain 130000 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
Nutuve NUT unknown 33 km
Jacquinot Bay JAQ 64 33 km

More information

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