M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea from 15 Jun 2021 02:44 UTC to 02:44

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: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.5802 , 148.1236
Event Date: 15 Jun 2021 02:44 UTC
15 Jun 2021 12:44 Local
Exposed Population:
About 9000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000ed4j
Inserted at: 15 Jun 2021 03:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ed4j Scaled population (vector) 3.1  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1380692 0 15 Jun 2021 02:44 4.7M, 10km N/A 9 thousand (in 100km) 00:50 NEIC
1380961 0 15 Jun 2021 02:44 4.6M, 10km N/A 2 thousand (in 100km) 1d 22:21 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) . The nearest places are and Tong.

Radius Population
100 km 9500 people
75 km <1000 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
Manus Papua New Guinea 33000 people
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 90000 people
Madang Papua New Guinea 250000 people
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Morobe Papua New Guinea 390000 people
East Sepik Papua New Guinea 280000 people
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Tong Manus Papua New Guinea Village - 67 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
Momote MAS 4 0 94 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Lorengau PGLOR Papua New Guinea 99 km

More information

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