Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea from 23 Jan 2009 02:48 UTC to 02:48

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M 5.2 in Papua New Guinea from 23 Jan 2009 02:48 UTC to 02:48

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:	5.2M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.49 , 154.81
Event Date:	23 Jan 2009 02:48 UTC 23 Jan 2009 12:48 Local
Exposed Population:	about 88000 people within 100km
Source:	GEOFON
Inserted at:	23 Jan 2009 02:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
GEOFON	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
52014	0.5	23 Jan 2009 02:48	5.2M, 58km	N/A	90 thousand (in 100km)	00:10	GEOFON
52015	0.5	23 Jan 2009 02:48	5.1M, 48km	N/A	110 thousand (in 100km)	00:25	NEIC
52022	0.5	23 Jan 2009 02:48	5.1M, 47km	N/A	110 thousand (in 100km)	04:50	EMSC
52035	0.5	23 Jan 2009 02:48	5.3M, 71km	N/A	100 thousand (in 100km)	09:16	GEOFON

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 Northern Solomons (population 130,000) . The nearest places are Torakina, Jaba, Piva, Atsilima, Pokuito, Koiaris, Kuraio Mission, Mom, Haigi, Mosigetta, and Atamo.

Radius	Population
100 km	110000 people
75 km	27000 people
50 km	3200 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

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

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Torakina	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Jaba	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Piva	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Atsilima	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Pokuito	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Koiaris	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Kuraio Mission	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Mom	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Haigi	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Mosigetta	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Karekopa	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Panguna	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Pekei	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Taruba	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Atangato	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Amun	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Boku	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Mokokolio	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Tokinotu	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Barosi	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Aitara Mission	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Birai	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Ibu	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Kaviki	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Atamo	Bougainville	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
Boku	BOQ	unknown	53 km
Karato	KAF	unknown	65 km
Torokina	TOK	unknown	66 km
Arawa	RAW	unknown	66 km
Kurwina	KWV	unknown	69 km
Manetai	MVI	unknown	81 km
Wakunai	WKN	3	84 km
Inus	IUS	unknown	86 km
Tonu	TON	unknown	89 km
Oria	OTY	unknown	98 km
Lehu	LHP	unknown	100 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Anewa Bay	PGANB	Papua New Guinea	89 km
Kieta	PGKIE	Papua New Guinea	96 km

More information

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