M 6.5 in Papua New Guinea from 08 Feb 2016 16:19 UTC to 16:19

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: 6.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.71 , 154.62
Event Date: 08 Feb 2016 16:19 UTC
09 Feb 2016 02:19 Local
Exposed Population: About 17492 people within 100km
Source: GEOFON gfz2016csrk
Inserted at: 08 Feb 2016 16:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
GEOFON 0 1 0.5
gfz2016csrk Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.12m  
  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
1118872 0.5 08 Feb 2016 16:19 6.5M, 10km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 0.1m (at 00:34) 00:07 GEOFON
1118874 0.5 08 Feb 2016 16:19 6.7M, 33km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 0.1m (at 00:56) 00:10 NTWC    
1118882 0 08 Feb 2016 16:19 6.3M, 30.6km 4.51 30 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 NEIC
1118889 0 08 Feb 2016 16:19 6.4M, 31.62km 5.3 40 thousand (in 100km) 02:10 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 Northern Solomons (population 130,000) . The nearest places are and Jaba.

Radius Population
100 km 24000 people
75 km 1900 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
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
Jaba Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 68 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
Boku BOQ unknown 0 85 km
Arawa RAW unknown 0 96 km
Karato KAF unknown 0 96 km
Torokina TOK unknown 0 98 km

More information

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