M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 19 Nov 2021 23:54 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: 4.7M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.0092 , 152.69
Event Date: 19 Nov 2021 23:54 UTC
20 Nov 2021 09:54 Local
Exposed Population:
150 thousand in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000fvm3
Inserted at: 20 Nov 2021 00:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000fvm3 Scaled population (vector) 4.36  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1410925 0 19 Nov 2021 23:54 4.7M, 35km N/A 150 thousand (in 100km) 00:43 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 New Ireland (population 90,000) . The nearest places are Lambom, Matatai, Lamassa, Lamassa Hamlets, Bakop, Lambur, Beriota, Ili, Merai, Kabaman, and Ganai.

Radius Population
100 km 150000 people
75 km 13000 people
50 km 2300 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 90000 people
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Northern Solomons Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Solomon Is. Solomon Islands 370000 people
Milne Bay Papua New Guinea 160000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Lambom New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 31 km
Matatai New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 35 km
Lamassa New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 36 km
Lamassa Hamlets New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 37 km
Bakop New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 40 km
Lambur New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 40 km
Beriota New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 45 km
Ili East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 45 km
Merai East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 46 km
Kabaman New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 47 km
Urai East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 48 km
Gar East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 49 km
Natar New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 50 km
Karong East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 52 km
Matkumlagir New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 52 km
Nasko New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 54 km
Maliom New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 59 km
Lat East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 62 km
Ulam New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Kait New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Marambu East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Marunga East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Pukenmi New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Kapasaliao New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 66 km
Silur Mission New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 66 km
Kambilal New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 66 km
Kig New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Kumparum New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Wusing East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Simbum East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 69 km
Lemingi East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 70 km
Ganai East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 70 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
Lamassa LMG unknown 0 35 km
Silur SWR unknown 0 66 km
Tol TLO unknown 0 72 km
Tokua 10 0 82 km
Stockholm SMP unknown 0 94 km
Rakanda RAA unknown 0 96 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kokopo Roadstead Papua New Guinea 86 km

More information

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