M 5.6 in Papua New Guinea on 03 May 2015 22:32 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: 5.6M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.5447 , 151.7243
Event Date: 03 May 2015 22:32 UTC
04 May 2015 08:32 Local
Exposed Population:
About 48337 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 03 May 2015 22:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1078783 0 03 May 2015 22:32 5.6M, 35km N/A 50 thousand (in 100km) 00:18 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 , Province of East New Britain (population 170,000) . The nearest places are Matong, and Tokai.

Radius Population
100 km 48000 people
75 km 21000 people
50 km 13000 people
20 km 5300 people
10 km 1400 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Matong East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 3 km
Tokai East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 3 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Gonaili 1 17 km
Uvol UVO unknown 19 km

More information

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