M 6.5 in Papua New Guinea on 01 Mar 2023 05:36 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: 6.5M
Depth: 598.925 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.8138 , 149.487
Event Date: 01 Mar 2023 05:36 UTC
01 Mar 2023 15:36 Local
Exposed Population: 100 thousand in MMI II
Source: NEIC us7000jgfd
Inserted at: 01 Mar 2023 05:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000jgfd Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap 0 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1492862 0 01 Mar 2023 05:36 6.5M, 582.6km N/A 100 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:10 PTWC
1492863 0 01 Mar 2023 05:36 6.5M, 583km 2.39 100 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:11 NTWC
1492865 0 01 Mar 2023 05:36 6.5M, 598.925km 2.21 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:19 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 17000 people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

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
Witu WIU 1 Civ. Unpaved No 3000 15 km
Bali BAJ unknown 0 40 km
Talasea TLW unknown 0 85 km
Linga Linga LGN unknown 0 96 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Peter Haven Papua New Guinea 17 km
Talasea PGTLW Papua New Guinea 85 km
Gilau PGGIL Papua New Guinea 90 km

More information

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