Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea from 12 Jul 2024 17:12 UTC to 17:12

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M 5.6 in Papua New Guinea from 12 Jul 2024 17:12 UTC to 17:12

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:	5.6M
Depth:	10.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.7984 , 151.3829
Event Date:	12 Jul 2024 17:12 UTC 13 Jul 2024 03:12 Local
Exposed Population:	160 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000myx6
Inserted at:	12 Jul 2024 18:36 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
us7000myx6	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1581892		0	12 Jul 2024 17:12	5.6M, 10.3km	4.77	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		01:23	NEIC
1582061		0	12 Jul 2024 17:12	5.5M, 17.8km	4.86	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	150000 people
75 km	13000 people
50 km	<1000 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	-	47 km
Takis	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Nangas	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Lamerain	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Lassul	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Vunagalip	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Vunakapeake	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Vunamarita	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Punarupka	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Kupindal	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Lambu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Baining	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Vunatalia	East New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Kolube	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km

see full list

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
Mapua	MPU	unknown				0	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Pondo Harbor		Papua New Guinea	91 km
Rabaul	PGRAB	Papua New Guinea	97 km

More information

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