Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 28 Feb 2016 06:00 UTC

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M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 28 Feb 2016 06:00 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This is a preliminary assessment. The final GDACS Alert Level has been/will be published using more detailed information.

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:	98.67 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.4205 , 153.6209
Event Date:	28 Feb 2016 06:00 UTC 28 Feb 2016 16:00 Local
Exposed Population:	About 21012 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	28 Feb 2016 06:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
	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
1120812		n.a	28 Feb 2016 06:00	4.9M, 98.67km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:29	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 New Ireland (population 90,000) . The nearest places are Warambif, Natong, Tabulam, Waramung, Fatkarsan, Tanambia, Tawomla, Warantaban, Feni Mission, Balangit, and Kulis.

Radius	Population
100 km	24000 people
75 km	19000 people
50 km	9300 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	370000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Warambif	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Natong	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	29 km
Tabulam	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Waramung	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Fatkarsan	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Tanambia	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Tawomla	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Warantaban	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	39 km
Feni Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	39 km
Balangit	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	40 km
Naliu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Mimias	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Kapsikau	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Lakas	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Lenai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Kamiang	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Danfu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Pinipel I	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Rokus	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Lamoran	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Burunkum	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Sirof	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Taron	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Pukenmi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Silur Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Ulam	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Yotchibol	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Sigon Mission	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Kambilal	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Kumparum	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Sumsum	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Maliom	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Siaken	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Lihon Number 1	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Kulis	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	70 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
Malekolon	MKN	2	41 km
Silur	SWR	unknown	63 km
Green Islands	GEI	unknown	64 km
Manga	MGP	unknown	70 km
Lamassa	LMG	unknown	100 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Nissan Island		Papua New Guinea	71 km

More information

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