M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 27 May 2018 03:50 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: 4.9M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.3789 , 152.6719
Event Date: 27 May 2018 03:50 UTC
27 May 2018 13:50 Local
Exposed Population:
About 17000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000ecw4
Inserted at: 27 May 2018 05:04 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
us1000ecw4 Scaled population (vector) 3.5  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1212111 0 27 May 2018 03:50 4.9M, 35km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 01:13 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 East New Britain (population 170,000) . The nearest places are Tagul, Sampun, Taimtop, Wawas, Lampun, Kalampun, Baien, Guma, Kilalum, Karong, and Ili.

Radius Population
100 km 17000 people
75 km 3700 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 90000 people
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Northern Solomons Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Milne Bay Papua New Guinea 160000 people
Solomon Is. Solomon Islands 370000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Tagul East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 61 km
Sampun East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 61 km
Taimtop East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 61 km
Wawas East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 62 km
Lampun East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 62 km
Kalampun East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 64 km
Baien East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 65 km
Guma East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 65 km
Kilalum East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Karong East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Lambom New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Ralman East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 69 km
Iwai East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 69 km
Ili East 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
Lamassa LMG unknown 0 76 km
Tol TLO unknown 0 83 km
Gonalia GOE unknown 0 89 km
Uvol UVO unknown 0 93 km

More information

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