Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 29 Dec 2020 06:23 UTC

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M 5.3 in Papua New Guinea on 29 Dec 2020 06:23 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:	5.3M
Depth:	76.18 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.4944 , 154.6471
Event Date:	29 Dec 2020 06:23 UTC 29 Dec 2020 16:23 Local
Exposed Population:	About 58000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000d3x8
Inserted at:	29 Dec 2020 06:43 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
us6000d3x8	Scaled population (vector)	4.02
	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
1350229		0	29 Dec 2020 06:23	5.3M, 76.18km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	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 Northern Solomons (population 130,000) . The nearest places are Torakina, Atsilima, Pokuito, Kuraio Mission, Piva, Jaba, Amun, Koiaris, and Mom.

Radius	Population
100 km	58000 people
75 km	10000 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
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	370000 people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
Milne Bay	Papua New Guinea	160000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Torakina	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Atsilima	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Pokuito	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Kuraio Mission	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Piva	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Jaba	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Amun	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Koiaris	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Mom	Bougainville	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
Boku	BOQ	unknown	68 km
Karato	KAF	unknown	81 km
Torokina	TOK	unknown	81 km
Arawa	RAW	unknown	83 km
Kurwina	KWV	unknown	83 km
Manetai	MVI	unknown	94 km
Inus	IUS	unknown	94 km
Wakunai	WKN	3	95 km

More information

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