M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 02 May 2016 08:10 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: 5.1M
Depth: 98.03 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.58 , 152.4727
Event Date: 02 May 2016 08:10 UTC
02 May 2016 18:10 Local
Exposed Population:
242643 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 02 May 2016 08:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.8 -0.8
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
1127157 -0.8 02 May 2016 08:10 5.1M, 98.03km N/A 240 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 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 240000 people
75 km 220000 people
50 km 160000 people
20 km 7000 people
10 km 1100 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 New Ireland 90000 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
Tokua 10 28 km
Lamassa LMG unknown 39 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kokopo Roadstead Papua New Guinea 32 km
Rabaul PGRAB Papua New Guinea 52 km

More information

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