Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 03 Dec 2019 22:23 UTC

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M 5.6 in Papua New Guinea on 03 Dec 2019 22:23 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

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 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.2009 , 150.7611
Event Date:	03 Dec 2019 22:23 UTC 04 Dec 2019 08:23 Local
Exposed Population:	About 1000 people in MMI About 66000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us60006lsm
Inserted at:	04 Dec 2019 01:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us60006lsm	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.3

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1282958		0	03 Dec 2019 22:23	5.6M, 10km	5.13	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		02:48	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 in Papua New Guinea , Province of New Ireland (population 90,000) . The nearest places are Leion, Sumuna Mission, Piliwa, Lapai, Lokono, Kabien, Tunschui, Kaut, Metesalan, Pauk, and Bagail.

Radius	Population
100 km	66000 people
75 km	50000 people
50 km	2400 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	90000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Leion	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Sumuna Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Piliwa	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Lapai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Lokono	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Kabien	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Tunschui	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Kaut	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Metesalan	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	51 km
Pauk	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	51 km
Bagatere	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Lemusmus Number 1	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Lemusmus Number 2	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Panangai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Tome	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Tapak	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Nusailas	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Panemecho	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Balus	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Enuk	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Mangai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Mipang Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Butei	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Paruai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Fangalawa	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Butbut	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Avelus	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Kiton	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Put Put Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Nonopai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Patimaian	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Lakuramau	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Laefu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Bobsie	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Upuos	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Bangatang	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Kavieng	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	14000 people	68 km
Masi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Bagail	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 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
Kamiraba	KJU	unknown	64 km
Kavieng	KVG	2	69 km
Taskul	TSK	unknown	77 km
Mapua	MPU	unknown	79 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kavieng	PGKVG	Papua New Guinea	68 km

More information

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