Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea from 08 Feb 2016 16:19 UTC to 16:19

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M 6.3 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:	6.3M
Depth:	30.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.6355 , 154.6928
Event Date:	08 Feb 2016 16:19 UTC 09 Feb 2016 02:19 Local
Exposed Population:	About 25000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	08 Feb 2016 16:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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**	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) .

Radius	Population
100 km	25000 people
75 km	4700 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

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	74 km
Arawa	RAW	unknown	84 km
Karato	KAF	unknown	85 km
Torokina	TOK	unknown	86 km
Kurwina	KWV	unknown	89 km

More information

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