M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 15 Jan 2017 15:26 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: 4.6M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -6.2275 , 154.4863
Event Date: 15 Jan 2017 15:26 UTC
16 Jan 2017 01:26 Local
Exposed Population:
About 68000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10007tea
Inserted at: 15 Jan 2017 16:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007tea Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1154092 0 15 Jan 2017 15:26 4.6M, 65.25km N/A 70 thousand (in 100km) 01:24 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 Northern Solomons (population 130,000) . The nearest places are Kuraio Mission, Amun, Pokuito, Sipai, Atsilima, Kaviki, Konua, Torakina, Piva, and Puto.

Radius Population
100 km 68000 people
75 km 8200 people
50 km 1700 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Northern Solomons Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Solomon Is. Solomon Islands 370000 people
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 90000 people
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Milne Bay Papua New Guinea 160000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kuraio Mission Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 44 km
Amun Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 46 km
Pokuito Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 50 km
Sipai Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 51 km
Atsilima Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 54 km
Kaviki Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 54 km
Konua Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 56 km
Torakina Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 64 km
Piva Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Puto Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 69 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
Boku BOQ unknown 0 81 km
Inus IUS unknown 0 88 km
Wakunai WKN 3 0 92 km
Buka BUA 3 0 92 km
Dios DOS unknown 0 92 km
Torokina TOK unknown 0 94 km
Kurwina KWV unknown 0 94 km
Sabah SBV unknown 0 95 km
Karato KAF unknown 0 96 km
Manetai MVI unknown 0 97 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Buka PGBUA Papua New Guinea 90 km

More information

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