M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 10 Sep 2020 20:31 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: 54.59 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.2379 , 148.0125
Event Date: 10 Sep 2020 20:31 UTC
11 Sep 2020 06:31 Local
Exposed Population:
About 61000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000blf9
Inserted at: 10 Sep 2020 20:54 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
us7000blf9 Scaled population (vector) 4.05  
  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
1331249 0 10 Sep 2020 20:31 5M, 54.59km N/A 60 thousand (in 100km) 00:21 NEIC
1331250 0 10 Sep 2020 20:31 4.9M, 54.59km N/A 60 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 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 Busega, Kwalansam, Kasanga, Mange, Gauinlabu, and Buki.

Radius Population
100 km 61000 people
75 km 13000 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
Morobe Papua New Guinea 390000 people
Northern Papua New Guinea 100000 people
Central Papua New Guinea 230000 people
Gulf Papua New Guinea 80000 people
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Madang Papua New Guinea 250000 people
Eastern Highlands Papua New Guinea 300000 people
National Capital Papua New Guinea -
Milne Bay Papua New Guinea 160000 people
Chimbu Papua New Guinea 190000 people
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people
Western Highlands Papua New Guinea 350000 people
Southern Highlands Papua New Guinea 320000 people
Western Papua New Guinea 100000 people
Enga Papua New Guinea 190000 people
East Sepik Papua New Guinea 280000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Busega Morobe Papua New Guinea Village - 66 km
Kwalansam Morobe Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Kasanga Morobe Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Mange Morobe Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Gauinlabu Morobe Papua New Guinea Village - 69 km
Buki Morobe 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
Finschhafen FIN 9 0 71 km
Morobe OBM unknown 0 75 km
Makini MPG unknown 0 85 km
Pindiu PDI unknown 0 94 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Dreger Harbor Papua New Guinea 70 km
Morobe Papua New Guinea 74 km
Finschhaven Papua New Guinea 78 km

More information

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