Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 11 Mar 2016 04:23 UTC

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M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 11 Mar 2016 04:23 UTC

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:	4.6M
Depth:	199.23 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.9364 , 152.2662
Event Date:	11 Mar 2016 04:23 UTC 11 Mar 2016 14:23 Local
Exposed Population:	250209 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	11 Mar 2016 04:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-1		-1
	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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1121953		-1	11 Mar 2016 04:23	4.6M, 199.23km	N/A	250 thousand (in 100km)		00:27	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) . The nearest places are Umudu, Rapito, Tavui Number 1, Palipal, Tavui Number 3, Tavui Number 2, Bom, Kabunut, Matakan Mission, Barau, and Korere.

Radius	Population
100 km	250000 people
75 km	240000 people
50 km	160000 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
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Matakan Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	24 km
Umudu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	25 km
Bom	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	25 km
Barau	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	25 km
Hunabore	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	25 km
Tavui Number 2	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	26 km
Kabunut	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	26 km
Rapito	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Tavui Number 1	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Palipal	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Tavui Number 3	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Rasirik	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Korere	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 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)	Distance
Rabaul	RAB	4	33 km
Rakanda	RAA	unknown	34 km
Namatanai	ATN	42	36 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Rabaul	PGRAB	Papua New Guinea	32 km
Namatanai	PGATN	Papua New Guinea	36 km

More information

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