Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 24 Dec 2016 01:32 UTC

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M 5.8 in Papua New Guinea on 24 Dec 2016 01:32 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:	29.34 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.1653 , 153.5979
Event Date:	24 Dec 2016 01:32 UTC 24 Dec 2016 11:32 Local
Exposed Population:	About 4000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007mf5
Inserted at:	24 Dec 2016 01:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007mf5	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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1151720		0	24 Dec 2016 01:32	5.8M, 29.34km	3.86	4 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 New Ireland (population 1,223) . 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	1151720	-5.165/153.598	5.8	29.34	3.86	24 Dec 2016 01:55	00:23	(new episode)
2	1151720	-5.165/153.598	5.8	29.34	3.86	24 Dec 2016 03:34	02:02	(upd of #1)
3	1151720	-5.165/153.598	5.8	29.34	3.86	06 Feb 2017 15:26	44d 13:54	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	1200 people
	Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	4800 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Natar	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	85 km
Bakop	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	85 km
Beriota	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	86 km
Matkumlagir	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	86 km
Matatai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	86 km
Maliom	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	87 km
Ulam	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	89 km
Buka I	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	112 km
Gagan	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	113 km
Beikut	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	116 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Queen Carola Harbor		Papua New Guinea	106 km

More information

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