M 6.1 in Papua New Guinea on 13 Nov 2023 07:43 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: 6.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.9206 , 150.971
Event Date: 13 Nov 2023 07:43 UTC
13 Nov 2023 17:43 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us7000lali
Inserted at: 13 Nov 2023 08:29 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
us7000lali Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1536027 0 13 Nov 2023 07:43 5.7M, 10km 4.04 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:25 NEIC
1536028 0 13 Nov 2023 07:43 6.1M, 10km 4.38 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:45 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 off shore.

Radius Population
100 km 5600 people
75 km <1000 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Maragsaik East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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