M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 16 Oct 2016 20:22 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: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.2944 , 150.6502
Event Date: 16 Oct 2016 20:22 UTC
17 Oct 2016 06:22 Local
Exposed Population:
About 67115 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20007en2
Inserted at: 16 Oct 2016 21:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007en2 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
1143045 0 16 Oct 2016 20:22 4.7M, 10km N/A 70 thousand (in 100km) 01:04 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 Leion, Sumuna Mission, Piliwa, Lapai, Kabien, Lokono, Tunschui, Kaut, Tapak, Metesalan, and Lemusmus Number 1.

Radius Population
100 km 66000 people
75 km 8700 people
50 km <1000 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
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Manus Papua New Guinea 33000 people
Morobe Papua New Guinea 390000 people
Madang Papua New Guinea 250000 people
Northern Solomons Papua New Guinea 130000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Leion New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 41 km
Sumuna Mission New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 50 km
Piliwa New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 51 km
Lapai New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 52 km
Kabien New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 61 km
Lokono New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 62 km
Tunschui New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Kaut New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 66 km
Tapak New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Metesalan New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Pauk New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Bagatere New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Lemusmus Number 1 New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 70 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
Kamiraba KJU unknown 0 80 km
Kavieng KVG 2 0 83 km
Taskul TSK unknown 0 85 km
Mapua MPU unknown 0 94 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kavieng PGKVG Papua New Guinea 83 km

More information

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