Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 13 Sep 2016 21:16 UTC

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M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 13 Sep 2016 21:16 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:	50.39 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.906 , 153.4275
Event Date:	13 Sep 2016 21:16 UTC 14 Sep 2016 07:16 Local
Exposed Population:	About 17424 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006pcc
Inserted at:	13 Sep 2016 22:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006pcc	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
1139867		0	13 Sep 2016 21:16	4.8M, 50.39km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:43	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 Natar, Matkumlagir, Maliom, Ulam, Beriota, Bakop, Pukenmi, Matatai, Silur Mission, and Kambilal.

Radius	Population
100 km	17000 people
75 km	3400 people
50 km	no 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
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	370000 people
Milne Bay	Papua New Guinea	160000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Natar	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Matkumlagir	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Maliom	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Ulam	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Beriota	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Bakop	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Pukenmi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Matatai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Silur Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Kambilal	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 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)	Distance
Silur	SWR	unknown	59 km
Lamassa	LMG	unknown	77 km
Green Islands	GEI	unknown	93 km
Manga	MGP	unknown	95 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Nissan Island		Papua New Guinea	94 km

More information

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