M 6.2 in Papua New Guinea on 15 Jul 2019 08:21 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: 6.2M
Depth: 58.97 Km
Event Date: 15 Jul 2019 08:21 UTC
15 Jul 2019 18:21 Local
Exposed Population: About 8000 people in MMI
140000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70004kfs
Inserted at: 15 Jul 2019 10:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us70004kfs Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  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
1265437 0 15 Jul 2019 08:21 6.2M, 58.97km 5.77 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 02:03 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.

Tsunami affected locations

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Wave height (m)

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Initial conditions

Title: ""New Britain region""

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: -5.99
  • Longitude: 149.552
  • Length: 19 km
  • Width: 5 km
  • Magnitude: 6.2 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: .6 m
  • Strike: 260 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 35 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 59 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 148.052, -7.49, 151.052, -4.49
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.25 minutes

Sea Level

More information

  • Timeline:
    Tsunami calculations performed to this case, click here

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