M 5.4 in Papua New Guinea on 09 Sep 2020 10:57 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: 5.4M
Depth: 43.28 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.2231 , 154.4725
Event Date: 09 Sep 2020 10:57 UTC
09 Sep 2020 20:57 Local
Exposed Population: About 70000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000bkaw
Inserted at: 10 Sep 2020 10:59 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
us7000bkaw 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
1331055 0 09 Sep 2020 10:57 5.4M, 43.28km 3.65 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:02 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 2,466) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1331055 -6.223/154.472 5.4 43.3 3.652 09 Sep 2020 11:18 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1331055 -6.223/154.472 5.4 43.3 3.652 09 Sep 2020 13:00 02:03 (upd of #1)
3 0 1331055 -6.223/154.472 5.4 43.3 3.652 10 Sep 2020 10:59 1d 00:02 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Northern Solomons Papua New Guinea 2500 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kuraio Mission Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 45 km
Amun Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 46 km
Sipai Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 52 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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