Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 27 Oct 2012 20:13 UTC

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M 5.5 in Papua New Guinea on 27 Oct 2012 20:13 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:	5.5M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.178 , 151.602
Event Date:	27 Oct 2012 20:13 UTC 28 Oct 2012 06:13 Local
Exposed Population:	About 18000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usb000df3d
Inserted at:	27 Oct 2012 20:49 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usb000df3d	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
120489		0.5	27 Oct 2012 20:13	5.5M, 22.7km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:36	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 Lau, Mau'una, Bairaman, Kangilona, Tu, Porlo, Bindapuna, Meingi, Kaiton, Totongpal, and Gnalala.

Radius	Population
100 km	30000 people
75 km	15000 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
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people
Milne Bay	Papua New Guinea	160000 people
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Morobe	Papua New Guinea	390000 people
Northern	Papua New Guinea	100000 people
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	370000 people
Central	Papua New Guinea	230000 people
Madang	Papua New Guinea	250000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lau	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Mau'una	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Bairaman	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Kangilona	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Tu	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Porlo	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Bindapuna	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Meingi	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Kaiton	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Totongpal	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Pomei	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Manginuna	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Maihuna	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Rowan	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Raulili	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Serenguna	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Pulpul	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Malmal	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Pora	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Puapal	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Peping	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Malmalu	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Meninga	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Maso	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Punum	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Maito	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Irena	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Haulo	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Pulpulo	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Lomeletepena	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Leli	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Uvol	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Paliavalu	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Gnalala	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Distance
Jacquinot Bay	JAQ	64	59 km
Nutuve	NUT	unknown	65 km
Gonaili		1	72 km
Uvol	UVO	unknown	88 km
Gonalia	GOE	unknown	93 km

More information

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