M 6 in Papua New Guinea on 07 Mar 2023 13:51 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: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.2132 , 150.6471
Event Date: 07 Mar 2023 13:51 UTC
07 Mar 2023 23:51 Local
Exposed Population: 5 thousand in MMI&>=V
Source: NEIC us7000jhw8
Inserted at: 07 Mar 2023 14:12 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
us7000jhw8 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1494041 0 07 Mar 2023 13:51 6M, 10km 5.68 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 NEIC
1495206 0 07 Mar 2023 13:51 5.9M, 9km 5.65 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 6d 08:23 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 72000 people
75 km 68000 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
Leion New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 31 km
Sumuna Mission New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 41 km
Piliwa New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 45 km
Lapai New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 45 km
Kabien New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 50 km
Lokono New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 51 km
Tunschui New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 51 km
Tapak New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 55 km
Kaut New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 57 km
Metesalan New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 58 km
Nusailas New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 59 km
Bagatere New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 60 km
Pauk New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 60 km
Patimaian New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 60 km
Butei New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 61 km
Kiton New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 62 km
Tome New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 62 km
Enuk New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 62 km
Upuos New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Lemusmus Number 1 New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 65 km
Lemusmus Number 2 New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 65 km
Mantania New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Bangatang New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Balus New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Neikapatuk New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Mataniu New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Panangai New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Kulaunus New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Butbut New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 68 km
Put Put Mission 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) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Kavieng KVG 2 0 72 km
Taskul TSK unknown 0 73 km
Kamiraba KJU unknown 0 76 km
Mapua MPU unknown 0 92 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kavieng PGKVG Papua New Guinea 71 km

More information

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