M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 01 Mar 2017 02:32 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: 4.5M
Depth: 36.75 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.5188 , 153.7951
Event Date: 01 Mar 2017 02:32 UTC
01 Mar 2017 12:32 Local
Exposed Population:
About 26000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us100085vm
Inserted at: 01 Mar 2017 03:00 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
us100085vm 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
1159075 0 01 Mar 2017 02:32 4.5M, 36.75km N/A 30 thousand (in 100km) 00:27 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 26000 people
75 km no 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
Northern Solomons Papua New Guinea 130000 people
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 90000 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
Karoola KXR unknown 0 93 km
Buka BUA 3 0 98 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Queen Carola Harbor Papua New Guinea 93 km
Buka PGBUA Papua New Guinea 97 km

More information

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