M 5.7 in Papua New Guinea on 09 Jun 2024 16:28 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: 5.7M
Depth: 125 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.4356 , 154.0968
Event Date: 09 Jun 2024 16:28 UTC
10 Jun 2024 02:28 Local
Exposed Population: 90 thousand in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us7000mrdc
Inserted at: 09 Jun 2024 17:06 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
us7000mrdc 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
1575765 0 09 Jun 2024 16:28 5.8M, 132.3km 4.71 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 NEIC
1575769 0 09 Jun 2024 16:28 5.7M, 125km 4.59 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:37 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 110000 people
75 km 91000 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
Bei Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 55 km
Hagan Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 59 km
Sohano Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village 1800 people 59 km
Taiof I Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 61 km
Buka I Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 61 km
Gagan Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 62 km
Beikut Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Ieta Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 64 km
Hutjena Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 65 km
Malasang Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 66 km
Lemankoa Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 66 km
Lonahan Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Telatu Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Tapsanwara Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 70 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) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Karoola KXR unknown 0 58 km
Buka BUA 3 0 64 km
Dios DOS unknown 0 97 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Queen Carola Harbor Papua New Guinea 59 km
Buka PGBUA Papua New Guinea 63 km
Nissan Island Papua New Guinea 96 km

More information

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