Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea from 02 Nov 2006 05:17 UTC to 05:17

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M 5.5 in Papua New Guinea from 02 Nov 2006 05:17 UTC to 05:17

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:	5.5M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.37 , 153.68
Event Date:	02 Nov 2006 05:17 UTC 02 Nov 2006 15:17 Local
Exposed Population:	about 3000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	02 Nov 2006 09:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	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
22285		0.5	02 Nov 2006 05:17	5.4M, 47.4km	N/A	2 thousand (in 100km)		01:25	NEIC
22287		0.5	02 Nov 2006 05:17	5.5M, 60km	N/A	3 thousand (in 100km)		04:01	EMSC

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 Northern Solomons (population 130,000) .

Radius	Population
100 km	4500 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
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people
East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	170000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	130000 people
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	370000 people
Milne Bay	Papua New Guinea	160000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Queen Carola Harbor		Papua New Guinea	100 km

More information

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