Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 02 Feb 2016 05:38 UTC

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M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 02 Feb 2016 05:38 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:	4.8M
Depth:	61.24 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.1566 , 149.4597
Event Date:	02 Feb 2016 05:38 UTC 02 Feb 2016 15:38 Local
Exposed Population:	About 68529 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	02 Feb 2016 06:48 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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1118271		0	02 Feb 2016 05:38	4.8M, 61.24km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		01:09	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 Namaklongklong, Amgoring, Papsa, Senemsi, Pomete, Kandrian, Apugi, Lauhuring, Alu, Okur, and Yumyello.

Radius	Population
100 km	69000 people
75 km	45000 people
50 km	25000 people
20 km	8700 people
10 km	1200 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
Alu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	4 km
Yumyello	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	6 km
Amgoring	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	8 km
Pomete	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	8 km
Papsa	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	9 km
Okur	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	9 km
Kandrian	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	1000 people	11 km
Lauhuring	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	11 km
Namaklongklong	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 km
Senemsi	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 km
Apugi	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 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					12 km
Linga Linga	LGN	unknown					53 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Arawe Harbour		Papua New Guinea	46 km
Gilau	PGGIL	Papua New Guinea	87 km

More information

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