M 5.4 in Papua New Guinea on 31 Dec 2020 19:50 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: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.8446 , 146.8478
Event Date: 31 Dec 2020 19:50 UTC
01 Jan 2021 05:50 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000d4lr
Inserted at: 31 Dec 2020 20:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000d4lr Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1350753 0 31 Dec 2020 19:50 5.4M, 10km 3.36 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 NEIC
1350786 0 31 Dec 2020 19:50 5.2M, 10km 3.12 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 03:43 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 Manus (population 33,000) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no 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
Manus Papua New Guinea 33000 people
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 90000 people
Madang Papua New Guinea 250000 people
East Sepik Papua New Guinea 280000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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