Overall Green Earthquake alert in New Britain Region, P.N.G. on 07 Jun 2020 20:06 UTC

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M 5.9 in New Britain Region, P.N.G. on 07 Jun 2020 20:06 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:	5.9M
Depth:	52.84 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.3634 , 151.6639
Event Date:	07 Jun 2020 20:06 UTC 08 Jun 2020 06:06 Local
Exposed Population:	About 74000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000a7kv
Inserted at:	08 Jun 2020 20:14 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
us6000a7kv	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
1314572		0	07 Jun 2020 20:06	5.9M, 52.84km	4.46	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:07	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 5,396) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1314572	-5.363/151.664	5.9	52.8	4.462	07 Jun 2020 20:24	00:18	(new episode)
2	1314572	-5.363/151.664	5.9	52.8	4.462	07 Jun 2020 22:08	02:02	(upd of #1)
3	1314572	-5.363/151.664	5.9	52.8	4.462	08 Jun 2020 20:14	1d 00:07	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	6400 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Senel	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	1 km
Pature	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	2 km
Tal	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	3 km
Kwai	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	4 km
Bakirua	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	5 km
Bagatavi	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	5 km
Lakiri	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	7 km
Goni	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	7 km
Lalikar	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	9 km
Pendi	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	11 km
Piovi	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	12 km
Mongu	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	12 km
Kauwa	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	16 km
Takairam	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	17 km
Bovalpun	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	19 km
Tokai	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	21 km
Sali	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	22 km
Matong	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	22 km
Buka	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	26 km
Maranagi	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	93 km
Lemingi	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	93 km
Wusing	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	96 km
Arumbum	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	98 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
	Gonaili		1				0	21 km

More information

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