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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*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
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 ,of East New Britain (population 10,590) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1260454 -5.226/152.619 5.7 25.3 3.829 16 May 2019 01:46 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1260454 -5.226/152.619 5.7 25.3 3.829 16 May 2019 03:26 02:02 (upd of #1)
3 0 1260454 -5.226/152.619 5.7 25.3 3.829 17 May 2019 01:30 1d 00:06 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 11000 people
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 1300 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity 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
Maskikilir East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 70 km
Kabaman New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 72 km
Kaukum East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 72 km
Natar New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 73 km
Matkumlagir New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 76 km
Hoiya East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 76 km
Kalip East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 76 km
Marambu East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 76 km
Long East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 76 km
Nasko New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 78 km
Lamerien East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 78 km
Wusing East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 79 km
Lat East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 79 km
Lemingi East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 79 km
Kaubademki East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 80 km
Maranagi East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 81 km
Maliom New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 82 km
Simbum East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 83 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Lamassa LMG unknown 0 60 km
Tol TLO unknown 0 70 km

More information

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