M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 26 Jul 2016 07:15 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: 38.26 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.9036 , 151.5925
Event Date: 26 Jul 2016 07:15 UTC
26 Jul 2016 17:15 Local
Exposed Population:
214823 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20006hpb
Inserted at: 26 Jul 2016 08:07 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006hpb 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
1134895 0 26 Jul 2016 07:15 4.8M, 38.26km N/A 210 thousand (in 100km) 00:51 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) . The nearest places are Takis, Nangas, Maragsaik, Lamerain, Lassul, Vunagalip, Vunakapeake, Vunamarita, Vunatalia, and Baining.

Radius Population
100 km 210000 people
75 km 75000 people
50 km 5700 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 90000 people
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Northern Solomons Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Morobe Papua New Guinea 390000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Takis East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 33 km
Nangas East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 34 km
Maragsaik East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 35 km
Lamerain East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 36 km
Lassul East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 38 km
Vunagalip East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 41 km
Vunakapeake East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 41 km
Vunamarita East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 42 km
Vunatalia East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 44 km
Baining East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 44 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
Rabaul RAB 4 0 75 km
Stockholm SMP unknown 0 84 km
Namatanai ATN 42 0 99 km
Tokua 10 0 100 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Rabaul PGRAB Papua New Guinea 71 km
Pondo Harbor Papua New Guinea 75 km
Kokopo Roadstead Papua New Guinea 91 km
Namatanai PGATN Papua New Guinea 98 km

More information

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