Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 12 Feb 2017 09:16 UTC

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M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 12 Feb 2017 09:16 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:	4.9M
Depth:	11.63 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.3096 , 153.1055
Event Date:	12 Feb 2017 09:16 UTC 12 Feb 2017 19:16 Local
Exposed Population:	110000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008jbd
Inserted at:	12 Feb 2017 10:06 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
us20008jbd	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1157170		0	12 Feb 2017 09:16	4.9M, 11.63km	N/A	120 thousand (in 100km)		00:49	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 Kapsikau, Lakas, Kamiang, Danfu, Mimias, Lenai, Burunkum, Lamoran, Sumsum, Taron, and Nabual.

Radius	Population
100 km	120000 people
75 km	36000 people
50 km	9300 people
20 km	2500 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kapsikau	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	1 km
Lakas	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	2 km
Kamiang	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	4 km
Danfu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	5 km
Mimias	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	8 km
Lenai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	9 km
Burunkum	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	11 km
Lamoran	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	14 km
Sumsum	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	16 km
Taron	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	19 km
Kumparum	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	22 km
Manga Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	22 km
Kambilal	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	24 km
Silur Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	25 km
Weilo	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	26 km
Pukenmi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	29 km
Ulam	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Muliama	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	32 km
Maliom	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Waragawsali	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Warangansau	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Matkumlagir	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Natar	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Porabunbun	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Beriota	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Semalu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Watpi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Kig	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Kapasaliao	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Kait	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Siaman	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Bakop	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Samo	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Kabaman	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Nasko	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Hitung	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Tabulam	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Lamassa Hamlets	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Lambur	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Lamassa	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Matatai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Huris	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Waramung	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Suralil	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Lambom	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Nokon	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Warambif	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Fatkarsan	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Natong	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Tanambia	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Tawomla	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Warantaban	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Poronbus	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Feni Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Pakabong	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Nabual	East New Britain	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)	Distance
Manga	MGP	unknown	20 km
Silur	SWR	unknown	25 km
Lamassa	LMG	unknown	58 km
Malekolon	MKN	2	71 km
Rakanda	RAA	unknown	73 km
Tokua		10	81 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kokopo Roadstead		Papua New Guinea	91 km
Tanga Island		Papua New Guinea	91 km

More information

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