M 7 in Papua New Guinea from 05 May 2015 01:44 UTC to 01:44

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: 7.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.73 , 152.01
Event Date: 05 May 2015 01:44 UTC
05 May 2015 11:44 Local
Exposed Population: About 19979 people within 100km
Source: GEOFON gfz2015isrv
Inserted at: 05 May 2015 01:50 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
GEOFON 0 1 0.5
gfz2015isrv Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.56m  
  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
1078950 0.5 05 May 2015 01:44 7M, 10km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 0.6m (at 00:04) 00:06 GEOFON
1078952 1.2 05 May 2015 01:44 7.5M, 10km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 1.4m (at 00:12) 00:08 PTWC
1078955 1.2 05 May 2015 01:44 7.5M, 10km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 1.4m (at 00:04) 00:10 NTWC    
1078966 0.2 05 May 2015 01:44 7.4M, 63.06km N/A 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0.2m (at 01:18) 00:19 NEIC
1078992 0.5 05 May 2015 01:44 7.5M, 42km 8.38 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0.4m (at 00:08) 01:31 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 20000 people
75 km 13000 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

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
Uvol UVO unknown 40 km
Gonalia GOE unknown 41 km

More information

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