M 5.8 in Papua New Guinea on 02 Aug 2020 09:29 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: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.0039 , 148.99
Event Date: 02 Aug 2020 09:29 UTC
02 Aug 2020 19:29 Local
Exposed Population: About 300 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000b8b6
Inserted at: 03 Aug 2020 09:33 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
us6000b8b6 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
1324515 0 02 Aug 2020 09:29 5.8M, 10km 3.75 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 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 New Ireland (population 34) . 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 1324515 -3.004/148.99 5.8 10.0 3.746 02 Aug 2020 09:49 00:19 (new episode)
2 0 1324515 -3.004/148.99 5.8 10.0 3.746 02 Aug 2020 11:32 02:02 (upd of #1)
3 0 1324515 -3.004/148.99 5.8 10.0 3.746 03 Aug 2020 09:33 1d 00:03 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
New Ireland Papua New Guinea <1000 people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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