M 5.8 in Papua New Guinea on 24 Dec 2016 03:58 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: 5.8M
Depth: 32.35 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.127 , 153.5024
Event Date: 24 Dec 2016 03:58 UTC
24 Dec 2016 13:58 Local
Exposed Population: About 3000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10007mfp
Inserted at: 24 Dec 2016 04:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007mfp 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
1151731 0 24 Dec 2016 03:58 5.8M, 54.4km N/A 4 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 NEIC
1151733 0 24 Dec 2016 03:58 5.8M, 32.35km 3.81 4 thousand (in 100km) 00:31 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 3700 people
75 km <1000 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
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
Milne Bay Papua New Guinea 160000 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
Silur SWR unknown 0 83 km
Lamassa LMG unknown 0 95 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Nissan Island Papua New Guinea 99 km

More information

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