Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 14 Mar 2023 00:49 UTC

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M 6.3 in Papua New Guinea on 14 Mar 2023 00:49 UTC

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:	6.3M
Depth:	221.585 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.4324 , 146.8375
Event Date:	14 Mar 2023 00:49 UTC 14 Mar 2023 10:49 Local
Exposed Population:	200 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000jjp7
Inserted at:	14 Mar 2023 01:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us7000jjp7	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1495225		0	14 Mar 2023 00:49	6.3M, 221.585km	4.09	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:16	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 Madang. The nearest places are Karim, Matafum, Kwenkiau, Bok, Koep, Malala, Baru, Yara, Sel, Gali, and Kiambaui.

Radius	Population
100 km	140000 people
75 km	83000 people
50 km	24000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Madang	Papua New Guinea	no people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Karim	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	21 km
Matafum	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	23 km
Kwenkiau	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Bok	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Koep	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Malala	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Baru	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Yara	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Sel	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Gali	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	42 km
Malalamai	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Seure	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Bandit	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Yagomi	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Mamgak	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 km
Fangger	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Roinji	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Bagen	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Faigurup	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Monara	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Saidor	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Wab	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Wilwilan	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Umboldi	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	48 km
Mior	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Delbangat	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Singorkai	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Bwaha	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Yauniai	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Lapun	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Gabutamon	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Darongge	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	51 km
Yaut	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Mulumiag	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Bulcara	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Nampa	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Kapungapang	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Galek	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Bulgebi	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Nineia	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Wadabo	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	56 km
Malasanga	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Mambit	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	58 km
Silaling	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Narawum	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Pang Pang	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Yoga Yoga	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Sindama	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Warai	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Tariknan	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Bambu	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Gabumi	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Gwarawon	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Ulap	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Damoin	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Danatum	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Singor	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Singor	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Isan	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Teptep	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Gumbaion	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Gua	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Koki	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Lusuang	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Lamptub	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Kewieng	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Kiambaui	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	70 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)	Distance
Long Island	LSJ	unknown	21 km
Saidor	SDI	27	46 km
Biliau	BIJ	unknown	57 km
Nankina	NKN	unknown	62 km
Indagen	IDN	unknown	70 km
Sapmanga	SMH	unknown	73 km
Derim	DER	unknown	74 km
Wasu	WSU	unknown	78 km
Teptep	TEP	unknown	81 km
Dinangat	DNU	unknown	82 km
Yalumet	KYX	unknown	82 km
Wantoat	WTT	unknown	84 km
Kelanoa	KNL	unknown	96 km

More information

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