Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 05 Feb 2016 20:11 UTC

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M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 05 Feb 2016 20:11 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:	4.9M
Depth:	30.36 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.2848 , 141.5681
Event Date:	05 Feb 2016 20:11 UTC 06 Feb 2016 06:11 Local
Exposed Population:	About 92507 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	05 Feb 2016 21:12 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
1118613		0	05 Feb 2016 20:11	4.9M, 30.36km	N/A	90 thousand (in 100km)		01:00	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 Western (population 100,000) . The nearest places are Bolivip, Olsobip, Bolobip, Dumidubi, Kabrenmin, Korborenmin, Yengimup, Loubip, Urapmin, Golgubip, and Bolongong.

Radius	Population
100 km	93000 people
75 km	52000 people
50 km	23000 people
20 km	1100 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Western	Papua New Guinea	100000 people
West Sepik	Papua New Guinea	140000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bolivip	Western	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	7 km
Golgubip	Western	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	8 km
Kabrenmin	Western	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	11 km
Loubip	Western	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	11 km
Olsobip	Western	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 km
Bolobip	Western	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 km
Urapmin	Western	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	15 km
Yengimup	Western	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	16 km
Bolongong	Western	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	16 km
Korborenmin	Western	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	17 km
Dumidubi	Western	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	18 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Distance
Gulgubip	GLP	unknown	6 km
Telefomin	TFM	1496	13 km
Olsobip	OLQ	unknown	14 km
Bolovip	BVP	unknown	18 km

More information

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