Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 18 Sep 2021 20:47 UTC

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M 5.3 in Papua New Guinea on 18 Sep 2021 20:47 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:	5.3M
Depth:	15.17 Km
Lat/Lon:	-9.7763 , 148.564
Event Date:	18 Sep 2021 20:47 UTC 19 Sep 2021 06:47 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VI 160 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000fchv
Inserted at:	18 Sep 2021 22:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000fchv	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.3

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1397399		0	18 Sep 2021 20:47	5.8M, 36.21km	4.97	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:20	NEIC
1397406		0	18 Sep 2021 20:47	5.3M, 15.17km	5.74	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		01:17	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 ,of Northern (population 836) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	8800 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1397406	-9.802/148.596	5.8	36.2	4.972	18 Sep 2021 21:09	00:22	(new episode)
2	1397406	-9.776/148.564	5.3	15.2	5.737	18 Sep 2021 22:06	01:19	(upd of #1)
3	1397406	-9.776/148.564	5.3	15.2	5.738	18 Sep 2021 22:51	02:04	(upd of #2)
4	1397406	-9.776/148.564	5.3	15.2	5.738	19 Sep 2021 20:50	1d 00:03	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern	Papua New Guinea	7000 people
Central	Papua New Guinea	<1000 people
Northern	Papua New Guinea	29000 people
Central	Papua New Guinea	35000 people
Milne Bay	Papua New Guinea	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Safia	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	22 km
Bibira	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	24 km
Taruba	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	24 km
Moreguipa	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	26 km
Saint Stephens Mission	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	29 km
Abau	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Ubo	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Sinua	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	32 km
Bomguina Government Station	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	40 km
Embessa	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Babauguina Plantation	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Maria	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Dom	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Domara	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	44 km
Kakasa	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 km
Badubadu	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 km
Sibia	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Taruma	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Iaura	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Kapari	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Bam	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Baramata Number 1	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Gavuone	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Robinson River Plantation	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Orala	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Bokuku	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Kupiano	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Si'ini	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Goada	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Buru	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Kinjaki	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Palathaona	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Momoiogo	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Gora	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Guruguru	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	70 km
Karaisa	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	72 km
Gaivakala	Central	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	72 km
Bonando	Northern	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	74 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)	Distance
Safia	SFU	126	23 km
Abau	ABW	unknown	45 km
Embessa	EMS	unknown	47 km
Robinson River	RNR	unknown	50 km
Kupiano	KUP	unknown	50 km
Cape Rodney	CPN	5	50 km
Iaura	IAU	unknown	51 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Abau	PGABW	Papua New Guinea	48 km
	Kupiano		Papua New Guinea	64 km

More information

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