Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 29 Oct 2019 08:44 UTC

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M 5.8 in Papua New Guinea on 29 Oct 2019 08:44 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:	5.8M
Depth:	68.79 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.3184 , 154.8135
Event Date:	29 Oct 2019 08:44 UTC 29 Oct 2019 19:44 Local
Exposed Population:	130000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us600064al
Inserted at:	30 Oct 2019 08:46 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
us600064al	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1276187		0	29 Oct 2019 08:44	5.8M, 68.79km	4.37	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:01	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 Northern Solomons (population 10,611) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1276187	-6.318/154.814	5.8	68.8	4.369	29 Oct 2019 09:04	00:20	(new episode)
2	1276187	-6.318/154.814	5.8	68.8	4.369	29 Oct 2019 10:46	02:02	(upd of #1)
3	1276187	-6.318/154.814	5.8	68.8	4.369	30 Oct 2019 08:46	1d 00:01	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	11000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Atsilima	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	28 km
Torakina	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	29 km
Pokuito	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	29 km
Piva	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Kuraio Mission	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Amun	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Koiaris	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Mom	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Jaba	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Kaviki	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Karekopa	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Sipai	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Panguna	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Taruba	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Mosigetta	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Mokokolio	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Haigi	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Pekei	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km

see full list

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
	Boku	BOQ	unknown				0	45 km

More information

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