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:	5.9M
Depth:	51.569 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.0264 , 147.2735
Event Date:	13 Aug 2022 18:57 UTC 14 Aug 2022 04:57 Local
Exposed Population:	About 1000 people in MMI 390 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Source:	NEIC us6000iakp
Inserted at:	13 Aug 2022 19:19 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
us6000iakp	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
1456727		0	13 Aug 2022 18:57	5.9M, 51.569km	4.53	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:22	NEIC
1457496		0	13 Aug 2022 18:57	5.9M, 58.438km	5.29	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	4d 19:41	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 Morobe (population 7,270) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	7300 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lebangande	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	4 km
Mula	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	6 km
Belombibi	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	6 km
Kulavi	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	7 km
Etep	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	8 km
Vincketown	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	9 km
Belambu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	11 km
Wasu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	11 km
Sio	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 km
Gumukio	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	14 km
Scharnhorst	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	19 km
Kinalakna	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	20 km
Gitukia	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	23 km
Singor	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	23 km
Kelanoa	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	25 km
Malasanga	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	28 km
Sikikia	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Keburum	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	32 km
Kalasa Mission	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Wasu	WSU	unknown				0	4 km
	Kelanoa	KNL	unknown				0	25 km

More information

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