Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 01 Jun 2017 08:16 UTC

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M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 01 Jun 2017 08:16 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:	4.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.349 , 151.4948
Event Date:	01 Jun 2017 08:16 UTC 01 Jun 2017 18:16 Local
Exposed Population:	About 48000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008x1g
Inserted at:	01 Jun 2017 09:09 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
us10008x1g	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
1169579		0	01 Jun 2017 08:16	4.7M, 10km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)		00:52	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 Tembin, Bimun, Lambu, Kolube, Konos, Lamassong, Poliamba Mission, Lossu Number 2, Namasalang, Langania, and Bulu.

Radius	Population
100 km	48000 people
75 km	33000 people
50 km	13000 people
20 km	no 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
Tembin	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	23 km
Bimun	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	23 km
Lambu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	26 km
Kolube	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	32 km
Konos	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Lamassong	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Poliamba Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Lossu Number 2	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Namasalang	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Langania	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Daskigi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	38 km
Langadis	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	39 km
Fatmilak	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Kafkaf Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Mesi Number 1	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Laefu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Kimadan Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Kaluan Number 1	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 km
Lowat Kang	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Pakawala	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Lauapal	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Lelet	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Panemecho	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Larabuna	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Dampit	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Lakuramau	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Lemeris	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Kanam Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Panangai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Kanabu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Atlamau	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Penamun	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Lemusmus Number 1	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Lemusmus Number 2	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Tuorong	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Kalagunan	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Fangalawa	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Bulu	New Ireland	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
Mapua	MPU	unknown				0	49 km
Kamiraba	KJU	unknown				0	58 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tabar Island		Papua New Guinea	81 km

More information

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