Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 29 Mar 2024 09:57 UTC

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M 5.6 in Papua New Guinea on 29 Mar 2024 09:57 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	576.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.5577 , 149.578
Event Date:	29 Mar 2024 09:57 UTC 29 Mar 2024 19:57 Local
Exposed Population:	20 thousand in MMI I
Source:	NEIC us7000m8qr
Inserted at:	29 Mar 2024 10:12 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
us7000m8qr	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1561761		0	29 Mar 2024 09:57	5.6M, 576.9km	1.17	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:15	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	29000 people
75 km	15000 people
50 km	5700 people
20 km	3000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Potpot	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 km
Lambe	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	14 km
Lama	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	18 km
Widu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	18 km
Witu Mission	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	21 km
Bali-Witu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Manopo	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Penatabotong	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Bali	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 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
Witu	WIU	1	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3000	21 km
Bali	BAJ	unknown				0	61 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Peter Haven		Papua New Guinea	13 km

More information

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