M 5.2 in Papua New Guinea on 31 Dec 2020 19:50 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: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.853 , 146.8408
Event Date: 31 Dec 2020 19:50 UTC
01 Jan 2021 05:50 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000d4lr
Inserted at: 31 Dec 2020 23:34 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
us6000d4lr Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1350753 0 31 Dec 2020 19:50 5.4M, 10km 3.36 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 NEIC
1350786 0 31 Dec 2020 19:50 5.2M, 10km 3.12 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 03:43 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1350753 -0.845/146.848 5.4 10.0 3.359 31 Dec 2020 20:12 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1350753 -0.845/146.848 5.4 10.0 3.359 31 Dec 2020 21:53 02:02 (upd of #1)
3 0 1350786 -0.853/146.841 5.2 10.0 3.122 31 Dec 2020 23:35 03:45 (new episode)
4 0 1350786 -0.853/146.841 5.2 10.0 3.121 01 Jan 2021 19:54 1d 00:03 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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