Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 17 Dec 2016 10:51 UTC

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M 7.9 in Papua New Guinea on 17 Dec 2016 10:51 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1101099
Earthquake Magnitude:	7.9M
Depth:	103.19 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.5091 , 153.4495
Event Date:	17 Dec 2016 10:51 UTC 17 Dec 2016 20:51 Local
Exposed Population:	About 13000 people in MMI About 26000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	17 Dec 2016 11:15 UTC
Maximum Wave Height observed:	0.08 m

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		0.7		0.7
us200081v8	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0.78m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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