Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 18 Mar 2017 21:20 UTC

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M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 18 Mar 2017 21:20 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:	-2.9236 , 142.0383
Event Date:	18 Mar 2017 21:20 UTC 19 Mar 2017 07:20 Local
Exposed Population:	100000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008t2l
Inserted at:	18 Mar 2017 21:42 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
us20008t2l	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
1161068		0	18 Mar 2017 21:20	4.7M, 10km	N/A	110 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 West Sepik (population 140,000) . The nearest places are Sissano, Serai, Arop, Onei, Mori, Barira, Reingalon, Malol Villages, Nengian, Amsuku, and Imbio 2.

Radius	Population
100 km	110000 people
75 km	59000 people
50 km	25000 people
20 km	2100 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
West Sepik	Papua New Guinea	140000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sissano	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	9 km
Serai	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 km
Arop	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	18 km
Onei	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	21 km
Mori	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	25 km
Barira	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Reingalon	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	28 km
Malol Villages	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Nengian	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Amsuku	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Wauningi	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Puari	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Moari	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Goiniri	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	40 km
Aitape	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	5500 people	42 km
Kalau	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 km
Karaite	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Leitre	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Kabori	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Paiawa	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	51 km
Mumuru	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Molmo	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Kara-Ausi	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Wai'eli	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Miwautei	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Lemieng Mission	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Yebil	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Tamina Number 2	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Sumararu	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Lumi	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Yo	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Pelama	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Tebali	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Ningera	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Muku	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Eikil	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Yuwil	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Imbio 2	Sandaun	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)	Distance
Sissano	SIZ	unknown	9 km
Aitape	ATP	unknown	42 km
Leitre	LTF	unknown	48 km
Tadji	TAJ	5	51 km
Lumi	LMI	unknown	62 km
Imonda	IMD	unknown	75 km
Anguganak	AKG	unknown	77 km
Ossima	OSG	unknown	82 km
Vanimo	VAI	3	86 km
Guriaso	GUE	unknown	89 km
Nuku	UKU	unknown	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Aitape		Papua New Guinea	41 km
Aitape Harbor		Papua New Guinea	53 km
Vanimo	PGVAI	Papua New Guinea	85 km

More information

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