Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 19 Jul 2006 02:02 UTC

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M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 19 Jul 2006 02:02 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:	4.7M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.8542 , 149.409
Event Date:	19 Jul 2006 02:02 UTC 19 Jul 2006 12:02 Local
Exposed Population:	about 30000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	21 Jul 2006 00:50 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
20230		0.5	19 Jul 2006 02:02	4.7M, 77.7km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)		1d 22:48	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 West New Britain (population 130,000) . The nearest places are Witu Mission, Widu, Lama, Potpot, Lambe, Bali-Witu, Penatabotong, Manopo, and Bali.

Radius	Population
100 km	38000 people
75 km	10000 people
50 km	9800 people
20 km	1200 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
Morobe	Papua New Guinea	390000 people
Madang	Papua New Guinea	250000 people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people
Manus	Papua New Guinea	33000 people
Northern	Papua New Guinea	100000 people
Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	300000 people
Central	Papua New Guinea	230000 people
Milne Bay	Papua New Guinea	160000 people
Gulf	Papua New Guinea	80000 people
Chimbu	Papua New Guinea	190000 people
Western Highlands	Papua New Guinea	350000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Witu Mission	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	18 km
Widu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	20 km
Lama	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	21 km
Potpot	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	25 km
Lambe	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	25 km
Bali-Witu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	28 km
Penatabotong	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	29 km
Manopo	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Bali	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	32 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	19 km
Bali	BAJ	unknown				0	31 km
Talasea	TLW	unknown				0	88 km
Linga Linga	LGN	unknown				0	92 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Peter Haven		Papua New Guinea	25 km
Gilau	PGGIL	Papua New Guinea	81 km
Talasea	PGTLW	Papua New Guinea	88 km

More information

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