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.

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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 in Papua New Guinea ,of West New Britain (population 38,853) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1561761	149.578/-4.558	5.6	576.9	1.092	29 Mar 2024 10:15	00:18	(new episode)
2	1561761	149.578/-4.558	5.6	576.9	1.158	29 Mar 2024 12:01	02:04	(upd of #1)
3	1561761	149.578/-4.558	5.6	576.9	1.158	30 Mar 2024 10:40	1d 00:43	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	39000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Rangihi	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	110 km
Gaungo	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	134 km
Nahavio	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	135 km
Mosa	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	138 km
Sarakolok	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	138 km
Mai	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	139 km
Awangio	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	159 km
Molopun	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	160 km
Giring	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	160 km
Eseli	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	162 km
Seleng	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	162 km
Umus	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	162 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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