Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 11 Apr 2019 21:31 UTC

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M 5.6 in Papua New Guinea on 11 Apr 2019 21:31 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:	5.6M
Depth:	22 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.5114 , 148.6588
Event Date:	11 Apr 2019 21:31 UTC 12 Apr 2019 07:31 Local
Exposed Population:	About 55000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us700034nf
Inserted at:	12 Apr 2019 04:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us700034nf	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.3

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1255986	11 Apr 2019 21:31	5.4M, 55.96km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)	00:15	NEIC
1255987	11 Apr 2019 21:31	5.6M, 26.85km	3.71	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:26	NEIC
1256025	11 Apr 2019 21:31	5.6M, 22km	3.71	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	07:23	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 West New Britain (population 130,000) . The nearest places are Kauptimete, Maklo, Kumbun, Paligmete, Demgalu, Souren, Lupon, Ekrek, Iungpun, Meselia, and Wako.

Radius	Population
100 km	56000 people
75 km	12000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Morobe	Papua New Guinea	390000 people
Northern	Papua New Guinea	100000 people
Madang	Papua New Guinea	250000 people
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
Central	Papua New Guinea	230000 people
Gulf	Papua New Guinea	80000 people
Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	300000 people
Milne Bay	Papua New Guinea	160000 people
National Capital	Papua New Guinea	-
Chimbu	Papua New Guinea	190000 people
Western Highlands	Papua New Guinea	350000 people
Southern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	320000 people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people
East Sepik	Papua New Guinea	280000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kauptimete	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Maklo	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	51 km
Kumbun	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Paligmete	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Demgalu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Souren	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Lupon	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Ekrek	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Iungpun	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Meselia	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Wako	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 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
Finschhafen	FIN	9				0	89 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Arawe Harbour	Papua New Guinea	56 km
Dreger Harbor	Papua New Guinea	89 km
Finschhaven	Papua New Guinea	90 km

More information

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