M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 08 Jul 2017 22:26 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: 11.18 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.8341 , 154.8505
Event Date: 08 Jul 2017 22:26 UTC
09 Jul 2017 08:26 Local
Exposed Population:
About 52000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000989p
Inserted at: 09 Jul 2017 00:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Papua New Guinea= 7.6; Solomon Is.= 6.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000989p 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
1173172 0 08 Jul 2017 22:26 4.6M, 11.18km N/A 50 thousand (in 100km) 01:39 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) . The nearest places are Jaba, Aitara Mission, Haigi, Tokinotu, Boku, Mosigetta, Pekei, Tonu, Unanai, and Panake.

Radius Population
100 km 52000 people
75 km 19000 people
50 km <1000 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
Solomon Is. Solomon Islands 370000 people
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 90000 people
Milne Bay Papua New Guinea 160000 people
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Jaba Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 48 km
Aitara Mission Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 55 km
Haigi Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 56 km
Tokinotu Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 59 km
Boku Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 62 km
Mosigetta Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Pekei Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Tonu Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 66 km
Unanai Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 66 km
Panake Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 68 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
Boku BOQ unknown 0 74 km
Arawa RAW unknown 0 78 km
Karato KAF unknown 0 82 km
Torokina TOK unknown 0 85 km
Kurwina KWV unknown 0 89 km
Buin UBI unknown 0 95 km
Oria OTY unknown 0 96 km
Tonu TON unknown 0 98 km

More information

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