Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 10 Jan 2013 04:58 UTC

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M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 10 Jan 2013 04:58 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:	5.1M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.9537 , 152.711
Event Date:	10 Jan 2013 04:58 UTC 10 Jan 2013 14:58 Local
Exposed Population:	170000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usb000elf6
Inserted at:	10 Jan 2013 05:20 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usb000elf6	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
121882		0.5	10 Jan 2013 04:58	5.1M, 53.8km	N/A	170 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 Lambom, Matatai, Lamassa, Lamassa Hamlets, Bakop, Lambur, Beriota, Kabaman, Natar, Merai, and Lamoran.

Radius	Population
100 km	160000 people
75 km	20000 people
50 km	2300 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
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	370000 people
Milne Bay	Papua New Guinea	160000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lambom	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	24 km
Matatai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	29 km
Lamassa	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	29 km
Lamassa Hamlets	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Bakop	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Lambur	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Beriota	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	39 km
Kabaman	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Natar	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Merai	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 km
Ili	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Matkumlagir	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Gar	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Urai	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Nasko	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Maliom	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Karong	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Ulam	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Kait	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Pukenmi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Lat	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Silur Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Kapasaliao	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Kambilal	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Marambu	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Kumparum	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Kig	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Taron	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Marunga	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Ganai	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Simbum	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Wusing	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Watwat	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Watpi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Lemingi	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Kabanga	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	70 km
Lamoran	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	70 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
Lamassa	LMG	unknown	29 km
Silur	SWR	unknown	60 km
Tol	TLO	unknown	74 km
Tokua		10	77 km
Rakanda	RAA	unknown	91 km
Stockholm	SMP	unknown	93 km
Manga	MGP	unknown	95 km
Rabaul	RAB	4	100 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kokopo Roadstead		Papua New Guinea	82 km

More information

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