Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 20 Sep 2017 22:36 UTC

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M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 20 Sep 2017 22:36 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:	-5.1396 , 148.002
Event Date:	20 Sep 2017 22:36 UTC 21 Sep 2017 08:36 Local
Exposed Population:	About 26000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000as6n
Inserted at:	20 Sep 2017 22:54 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
us2000as6n	Scaled population (vector)	4.11
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.3

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1181367		0	20 Sep 2017 22:36	4.7M, 10km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)		00:17	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 Morobe (population 390,000) . The nearest places are Alairo, Aupwel, Tul, Mantagen, Mararamu, Marli, Mulau, Gasam, Sema, Waremo, and Yangla.

Radius	Population
100 km	26000 people
75 km	15000 people
50 km	2800 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Morobe	Papua New Guinea	390000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Madang	Papua New Guinea	250000 people
Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	300000 people
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
Gulf	Papua New Guinea	80000 people
Northern	Papua New Guinea	100000 people
Central	Papua New Guinea	230000 people
Chimbu	Papua New Guinea	190000 people
Manus	Papua New Guinea	33000 people
Western Highlands	Papua New Guinea	350000 people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people
East Sepik	Papua New Guinea	280000 people
Southern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	320000 people
Enga	Papua New Guinea	190000 people
National Capital	Papua New Guinea	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Alairo	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	32 km
Aupwel	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Tul	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Mantagen	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Mararamu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Marli	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Mulau	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Gasam	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Sema	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Waremo	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Kilenge Mission	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Barang	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Tauali	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Barim	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Tarawe	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Gomlongon	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Poini	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Sagsag	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Barik	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Garau	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Lab Lab Mission	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Aimaga	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Aimaga Mission	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Wilnari	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Bukum	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Yangla	Morobe	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)	Distance
Lablab	LAB	unknown	56 km
Cape Gloucester Gloucester	CGC	24	61 km
Satwag	SWG	unknown	84 km

More information

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