Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 17 Jul 2020 02:50 UTC

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M 7.3 in Papua New Guinea on 17 Jul 2020 02:50 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.3M
Depth:	85.2 Km
Lat/Lon:	-7.789 , 147.687
Event Date:	17 Jul 2020 02:50 UTC 17 Jul 2020 12:50 Local
Exposed Population:	About 74000 people within 100km
Source:	PTWC pt20199000
Inserted at:	17 Jul 2020 02:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
PTWC	1.1		0.2		1.1
pt20199000	Scaled population (vector)	5.07	Max wave alert	0.26m
	C1 earthquake	1	Max wave realtime	0.26m
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.3

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1322085	1.1	17 Jul 2020 02:50	7.3M, 85.2km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)	0.3m (at 00:42)	00:08	PTWC
1322086	1.1	17 Jul 2020 02:50	7.3M, 85km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)	0.4m (at 00:46)	00:08	NTWC
1322088	1	17 Jul 2020 02:50	6.9M, 85.46km	6.69	10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:43)	00:40	NEIC
1322096	1.3	17 Jul 2020 02:50	7M, 79.79km	6.95	20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 01:24)	00:59	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 Morobe (population 390,000) . The nearest places are Nima, Dona, Wainsodina, Bau, Morobe, Auno, Ana, Gomena, Amoa, Wabazeira, and Buso.

Radius	Population
100 km	74000 people
75 km	50000 people
50 km	22000 people
20 km	6900 people
10 km	2200 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Morobe	Papua New Guinea	390000 people
Northern	Papua New Guinea	100000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Nima	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	3 km
Dona	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	4 km
Wainsodina	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	8 km
Bau	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	12 km
Morobe	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 km
Auno	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	14 km
Ana	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	17 km
Gomena	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	21 km
Amoa	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	21 km
Wabazeira	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	22 km
Damberode	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	23 km
Gori	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	25 km
Boke	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Kobio	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	32 km
Bovera	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	32 km
Eipa	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	33 km
Gobe	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Ina	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Kotaure	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Yema	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Wadi	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Manau	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Taire	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Tiwa	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Paiewa	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Taututu	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	51 km
Sedema	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Asama	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Siboma	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Deboin Mission	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Au	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Muniwa	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Kui	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Kipu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Kobia	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Garaina	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Barara	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Ioma	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Kapiso	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Saureli	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Buso	Morobe	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)	Distance
Morobe	OBM	unknown	15 km
Manumu	UUU	unknown	35 km
Eia Popondetta	EIA	unknown	47 km
Garasa	GRL	unknown	59 km
Garaina	GAR	762	63 km
Ioma	IOP	unknown	65 km
Omora	OSE	unknown	68 km
Gora	GOC	unknown	68 km
Kira	KIQ	unknown	70 km
Bapi	BPD	unknown	76 km
Kerau	KRU	unknown	88 km
Yongai	KGH	unknown	89 km
Guari	GUG	unknown	96 km
Erume	ERU	unknown	96 km
Woitape	WTP	1573	97 km
Sim	SMJ	unknown	97 km
Kikinonda	KIZ	unknown	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Morobe		Papua New Guinea	8 km

More information

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