M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 28 May 2017 08:21 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: 5.0M
Depth: 56.89 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.2774 , 149.4045
Event Date: 28 May 2017 08:21 UTC
28 May 2017 18:21 Local
Exposed Population:
About 10000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10008vvx
Inserted at: 28 May 2017 08:45 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
us10008vvx 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
1169212 0 28 May 2017 08:21 5M, 56.89km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 00:23 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 Lamusmus, Bai, Malakata, Tabalo, Loliang, Katalusa, Roitano, Boliu Mission, and Eneie.

Radius Population
100 km 10000 people
75 km 8400 people
50 km 7300 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no 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
Lamusmus New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 18 km
Bai New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 21 km
Malakata New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 27 km
Tabalo New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 31 km
Loliang New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 34 km
Katalusa New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 37 km
Roitano New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 42 km
Boliu Mission New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 43 km
Eneie New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 46 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
Mussau MWU unknown 0 38 km
Emirau EMI 31 0 75 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Mussau Island Papua New Guinea 31 km
Hamburg Bay Papua New Guinea 74 km

More information

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