Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 30 Nov 2021 10:36 UTC

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M 6.3 in Papua New Guinea on 30 Nov 2021 10:36 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:	6.3M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.5165 , 151.1803
Event Date:	30 Nov 2021 10:36 UTC 30 Nov 2021 20:36 Local
Exposed Population:	40 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000g7v8
Inserted at:	30 Nov 2021 16:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.1		0.1
us6000g7v8	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.14m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.3

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1412883		0	30 Nov 2021 10:36	6M, 10km	4.51	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	NEIC
1412959		0.1	30 Nov 2021 10:36	6.3M, 10km	4.74	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:22)	06:07	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 New Ireland (population 90,000) . The nearest places are Namasalang, Laefu, Bimun, Tembin, Panemecho, Lambu, Piliwa, Panangai, Lapai, Lemusmus Number 1, and Fatmilak.

Radius	Population
100 km	42000 people
75 km	16000 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
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Morobe	Papua New Guinea	390000 people
Manus	Papua New Guinea	33000 people
Madang	Papua New Guinea	250000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Namasalang	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Laefu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Bimun	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Tembin	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Panemecho	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Lambu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Piliwa	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Panangai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Lapai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Lemusmus Number 1	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Kafkaf Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Lakuramau	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	70 km
Fatmilak	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	70 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
Kamiraba	KJU	unknown				0	70 km
Mapua	MPU	unknown				0	71 km

More information

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