M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 17 May 2017 22:22 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: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.504 , 148.6849
Event Date: 17 May 2017 22:22 UTC
18 May 2017 08:22 Local
Exposed Population:
About 55000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10008t4r
Inserted at: 17 May 2017 22:45 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
us10008t4r 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
1168188 0 17 May 2017 22:22 4.6M, 35km N/A 60 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 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 New Britain (population 130,000) . The nearest places are Kauptimete, Maklo, Kumbun, Paligmete, Demgalu, Lupon, Ekrek, Souren, Meselia, Iungpun, and Anepmete.

Radius Population
100 km 56000 people
75 km 15000 people
50 km 1200 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Morobe Papua New Guinea 390000 people
Northern Papua New Guinea 100000 people
Madang Papua New Guinea 250000 people
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people
Central Papua New Guinea 230000 people
Gulf Papua New Guinea 80000 people
Eastern Highlands Papua New Guinea 300000 people
Milne Bay Papua New Guinea 160000 people
National Capital Papua New Guinea -
Chimbu Papua New Guinea 190000 people
Western Highlands Papua New Guinea 350000 people
Southern Highlands Papua New Guinea 320000 people
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 90000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kauptimete West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 42 km
Maklo West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 45 km
Kumbun West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 49 km
Paligmete West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 51 km
Demgalu West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 55 km
Lupon West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 58 km
Ekrek West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 58 km
Souren West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 59 km
Meselia West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 59 km
Iungpun West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 60 km
Wako West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Molo West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Borowai West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 69 km
Murien West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 69 km
Anepmete West 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) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Finschhafen FIN 9 0 94 km
Kandrian KDR 112 0 98 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Arawe Harbour Papua New Guinea 51 km
Dreger Harbor Papua New Guinea 94 km
Finschhaven Papua New Guinea 94 km

More information

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