Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 21 Jan 2021 02:06 UTC

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M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Jan 2021 02:06 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:	4.8M
Depth:	192.71 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.5722 , 147.4592
Event Date:	21 Jan 2021 02:06 UTC 21 Jan 2021 12:06 Local
Exposed Population:	100000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000d1wf
Inserted at:	21 Jan 2021 02:25 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
us7000d1wf	Scaled population (vector)	4.84
	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
1354026		0	21 Jan 2021 02:06	4.8M, 192.71km	N/A	100 thousand (in 100km)		00:18	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 Madang (population 250,000) . The nearest places are Mulau, Bok, Tul, Mantagen, Koep, Gasam, Sema, Barang, Sio, Belambu, and Singorkai.

Radius	Population
100 km	100000 people
75 km	68000 people
50 km	21000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Madang	Papua New Guinea	250000 people
Morobe	Papua New Guinea	390000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	300000 people
Gulf	Papua New Guinea	80000 people
Chimbu	Papua New Guinea	190000 people
Central	Papua New Guinea	230000 people
Northern	Papua New Guinea	100000 people
Western Highlands	Papua New Guinea	350000 people
Southern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	320000 people
East Sepik	Papua New Guinea	280000 people
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
Enga	Papua New Guinea	190000 people
Manus	Papua New Guinea	33000 people
National Capital	Papua New Guinea	-
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people
Western	Papua New Guinea	100000 people
Milne Bay	Papua New Guinea	160000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mulau	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Bok	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Tul	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Mantagen	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Koep	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Gasam	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	39 km
Sema	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	40 km
Barang	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Sio	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Belambu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Barim	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Scharnhorst	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Mararamu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 km
Malala	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Tarawe	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Gomlongon	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Kelanoa	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Vincketown	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Kulavi	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Aupwel	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Bukum	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	51 km
Lebangande	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Wasu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Matafum	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Kinalakna	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Gumukio	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Karim	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Gitukia	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Kwenkiau	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Etep	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Sialum	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Mula	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Paukwagna	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Keburum	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Malasanga	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Towat	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Ulap Mission	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Belombibi	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Singor	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Sikikia	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Kumbip	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Bumbu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Kalasa Mission	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Marli	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Satop	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Sambori	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Soweng	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Warit	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Nuzen	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Domut	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Yangla	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Garau	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Melandum	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Alairo	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Rua	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Lab Lab Mission	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Bulcara	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Barik	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Tunga	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Singorkai	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 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)	Distance
Kelanoa	KNL	unknown	48 km
Wasu	WSU	unknown	53 km
Long Island	LSJ	unknown	54 km
Sialum	SXA	unknown	60 km
Satwag	SWG	unknown	65 km
Konge	KGB	unknown	67 km
Lablab	LAB	unknown	68 km
Indagen	IDN	unknown	69 km
Mindik	MXK	unknown	73 km
Siwea	SWE	unknown	79 km
Masa	MBV	unknown	88 km
Derim	DER	unknown	92 km
Kabwum	KBM	unknown	92 km
Ogeranang	OGE	unknown	96 km
Sapmanga	SMH	unknown	97 km

More information

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