M 5.3 in Papua New Guinea from 01 Nov 2008 01:13 UTC to 01:13

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: 5.3M
Depth: 43 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.33 , 148.62
Event Date: 01 Nov 2008 01:13 UTC
01 Nov 2008 11:13 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC at00550199
Inserted at: 01 Nov 2008 00:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
at00550199 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
47509 0 01 Nov 2008 01:13 6.1M, 30km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:-46 NEIC
47510 0 01 Nov 2008 01:13 5.3M, 43km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:-46 NEIC
47511 0 01 Nov 2008 01:13 5.2M, 66km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:-40 NEIC
47512 0 01 Nov 2008 01:13 6M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:-35 NEIC
47545 0 01 Nov 2008 01:13 6M, 40km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 09:08 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) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no 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
Manus Papua New Guinea 33000 people
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Morobe Papua New Guinea 390000 people
Madang Papua New Guinea 250000 people
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people
Eastern Highlands Papua New Guinea 300000 people
East Sepik Papua New Guinea 280000 people
Chimbu Papua New Guinea 190000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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