Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 14 Mar 2006 04:37 UTC

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M 5.4 in Papua New Guinea on 14 Mar 2006 04:37 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:	5.4M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.93 , 151.58
Event Date:	14 Mar 2006 04:37 UTC 14 Mar 2006 14:37 Local
Exposed Population:	220000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	14 Mar 2006 06:14 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.5		0.5
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
17038		0.5	14 Mar 2006 04:37	5.4M, 296km	N/A	220 thousand (in 100km)		01:36	EMSC
17041		0.5	14 Mar 2006 04:37	5.4M, 296.1km	N/A	220 thousand (in 100km)		02:12	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 Takis, Nangas, Maragsaik, Lamerain, Lassul, Vunagalip, Vunakapeake, Vunamarita, Baining, Vunatalia, and Tavui Number 2.

Radius	Population
100 km	210000 people
75 km	78000 people
50 km	7100 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Morobe	Papua New Guinea	390000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Takis	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Nangas	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Maragsaik	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Lamerain	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	33 km
Lassul	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Vunagalip	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	38 km
Vunakapeake	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	39 km
Vunamarita	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	40 km
Baining	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Vunatalia	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Driwata	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Vunaiting	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Punarupka	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Kupindal	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Komgi	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Livuan	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Liguan	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Vunadavai	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Yalom	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Mailivuan	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Kamanakam	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Raunsepna	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Volavolo	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Kabaira	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Vunalir	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Galavit	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Vunapaladig	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Raulavat Plantation	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Vunairoto	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Kabakada	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Randulit	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Poiniara	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Vunakalkalulu	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Alkasam	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Malasait	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Mesi Number 1	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Tavui Number 1	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Nonga	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Keravat	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Iawakaka	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Dampit	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Malaguna Number 1	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Kuraip	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Tavui Number 2	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	70 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Distance
Rabaul	RAB	4	74 km
Stockholm	SMP	unknown	82 km
Open Bay	OPB	2	97 km
Tokua		10	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Rabaul	PGRAB	Papua New Guinea	71 km
Pondo Harbor		Papua New Guinea	72 km
Kokopo Roadstead		Papua New Guinea	91 km

More information

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