Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 25 Jul 2016 19:38 UTC

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M 6.4 in Papua New Guinea on 25 Jul 2016 19:38 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:	6.4M
Depth:	7.31 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.9523 , 147.9672
Event Date:	25 Jul 2016 19:38 UTC 26 Jul 2016 05:38 Local
Exposed Population:	About 3000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20006hkb
Inserted at:	25 Jul 2016 20:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20006hkb	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1134824	0.5	25 Jul 2016 19:38	6.5M, 10km	N/A	2 thousand (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:13)	00:09	PTWC
1134825	0.5	25 Jul 2016 19:38	6.5M, 10km	N/A	2 thousand (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:13)	00:12	NTWC
1134828	0	25 Jul 2016 19:38	6.3M, 6.57km	N/A	3 thousand (in 100km)		00:27	NEIC
1134833	0	25 Jul 2016 19:38	6.4M, 7.31km	4.51	3 thousand (in 100km)		01:12	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 Manus (population 24,863) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1134833	-2.952/147.967	6.4	7.31	4.51	17 Oct 2016 11:26	83d 15:48	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Manus	Papua New Guinea	25000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lenkau	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	72 km
Penchal	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	73 km
Chakol	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	86 km
Mok	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	87 km
Manuai	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	88 km
Baun	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	93 km
Solang	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	94 km
Rei	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	94 km
Tong	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	102 km
Hahai	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	103 km
Mokera	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	105 km
Papitalai	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	118 km
Yiru	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	119 km
Selalou	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	120 km
Bubi	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	120 km
Laues	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	120 km
Lombrum	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	121 km
Moakareng	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	122 km
Kapo	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	126 km
Rossum	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	127 km
Drabito Number 1	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	127 km
Lorengau	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	5700 people	127 km
Nohang	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	127 km
Koruniat	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	128 km
Leronguan	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	129 km
Pau	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	129 km
Sonilu	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	129 km
Ndrilo	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	130 km
Bowat 1	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	133 km
Bulihat	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	134 km
Piterait	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	134 km
Patu Mission	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	135 km
Poluso	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	135 km
Lolo	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	136 km
Tingau	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	136 km
Labahan	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	136 km
Tingau Number 2	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	137 km
Metawari	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	137 km
Bapi	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	138 km
Bohuai Number 2	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	138 km
Kawaliap	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	142 km
Buke	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	142 km
Lowa	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	144 km
Massis	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	145 km
Kabunu	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	147 km
Derimbat	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	147 km
Korou	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	151 km
Lala	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	158 km
Leihuwa	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	158 km
Bandrahei	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	165 km
Duliu	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	165 km
Likum	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	166 km
Yiri	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	169 km
Kogo	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	170 km
Drehet	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	172 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
	Momote	MAS	4				0	115 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Lorengau	PGLOR	Papua New Guinea	120 km

More information

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