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:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.2766 , 142.266
Event Date:	31 Jul 2022 22:27 UTC 01 Aug 2022 08:27 Local
Exposed Population:	20 thousand in MMI V
Source:	NEIC us6000i71u
Inserted at:	31 Jul 2022 22:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000i71u	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.3

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1456092		0	31 Jul 2022 22:27	5.2M, 35km	5.02	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:27	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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Papua New Guinea ,of West Sepik (population 21,284) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	19000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	West Sepik	Papua New Guinea	90000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Karaite	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	5 km
Kara-Ausi	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	7 km
Paiawa	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	7 km
Wauningi	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	11 km
Aitape	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	5500 people	17 km
Nengian	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	19 km
Malol Villages	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	20 km
Reingalon	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	20 km
Lemieng Mission	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	23 km
Yuwil	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	24 km
Barira	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	28 km
Arop	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	29 km
Eikil	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Youlpa	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Sibilanga Mission	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Wai'eli	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	32 km
Lumi	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	33 km
Yemnu	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Walgon	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Simbap	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Afua	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Paup	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Tebali	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Sissano	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	39 km
Witweis	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	39 km
Wanali	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Mori	Sandaun	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 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
Aitape	ATP	unknown	18 km
Tadji	TAJ	5	20 km
Anguganak	AKG	unknown	34 km
Lumi	LMI	unknown	35 km
Sissano	SIZ	unknown	39 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Aitape		Papua New Guinea	19 km
	Aitape Harbor		Papua New Guinea	28 km

More information

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