Overall Green Earthquake alert in New Britain Region, P.N.G. on 16 May 2019 01:23 UTC

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M 5.7 in New Britain Region, P.N.G. on 16 May 2019 01:23 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:	5.7M
Depth:	25.33 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.2257 , 152.6189
Event Date:	16 May 2019 01:23 UTC 16 May 2019 11:23 Local
Exposed Population:	About 42000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70003ly5
Inserted at:	17 May 2019 01:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70003ly5	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	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
1260454		0	16 May 2019 01:23	5.7M, 25.33km	3.83	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:06	NEIC

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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 Karong, Ili, Merai, Lambom, Tagul, Sampun, Lampun, Taimtop, Matatai, Kalampun, and Marupa Mission.

Radius	Population
100 km	43000 people
75 km	6900 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
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Milne Bay	Papua New Guinea	160000 people
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	370000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Karong	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Ili	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Merai	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Lambom	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Tagul	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Sampun	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Lampun	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Taimtop	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Matatai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Kalampun	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Guma	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Urai	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Wawas	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Kilalum	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Lamassa	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Marunga	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Iwai	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Baien	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Lamassa Hamlets	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Bakop	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Gar	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Lambur	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Nambling	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Mu	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Ralman	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Beriota	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Marupa Mission	East New Britain	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)	Distance
Lamassa	LMG	unknown	60 km
Tol	TLO	unknown	70 km
Gonalia	GOE	unknown	85 km
Uvol	UVO	unknown	90 km
Silur	SWR	unknown	90 km

More information

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