Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 09 Jun 2024 16:28 UTC

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M 5.7 in Papua New Guinea on 09 Jun 2024 16:28 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:	5.7M
Depth:	125 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.4356 , 154.0968
Event Date:	09 Jun 2024 16:28 UTC 10 Jun 2024 02:28 Local
Exposed Population:	90 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000mrdc
Inserted at:	09 Jun 2024 17:06 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
us7000mrdc	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1575765		0	09 Jun 2024 16:28	5.8M, 132.3km	4.71	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:17	NEIC
1575769		0	09 Jun 2024 16:28	5.7M, 125km	4.59	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:37	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 ,of Northern Solomons (population 422) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1575765	154.1/-5.431	5.8	132.3	4.679	09 Jun 2024 16:48	00:20	(new episode)
2	1575769	154.097/-5.436	5.7	125	4.567	09 Jun 2024 17:09	00:40	(new episode)
3	1575769	154.097/-5.436	5.7	125	4.6	09 Jun 2024 18:33	02:04	(upd of #2)
4	1575769	154.097/-5.436	5.7	125	4.588	10 Jun 2024 16:40	1d 00:12	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	77000 people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	2400 people
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hagan	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Buka I	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Gagan	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Beikut	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Ieta	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Hutjena	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Malasang	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Lemankoa	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Lonahan	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Telatu	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Hanahan	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	71 km
Suhin	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	72 km
Pora Pora	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	74 km
Getsgets	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	74 km
Konua	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	79 km
Dios	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	80 km
Sipai	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	85 km
Tendoo	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	90 km
Namkario	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	93 km
Kaviki	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	94 km
Amun	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	95 km
Dios	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	101 km
Tebuin	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	104 km
Torakina	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	138 km
Piva	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	140 km
Koiaris	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	154 km
Mom	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	155 km
Panguna	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	171 km
Taruba	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	174 km
Mosigetta	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	179 km
Haigi	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	184 km
Harehare		Solomon Islands	Village	-	264 km
Nabanta	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	266 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
Karoola	KXR	unknown	58 km
Buka	BUA	3	64 km
Dios	DOS	unknown	97 km
Boku	BOQ	unknown	154 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Queen Carola Harbor		Papua New Guinea	59 km
Buka	PGBUA	Papua New Guinea	63 km
Shortland Harbour	SBSHH	Soloman Islands	266 km

More information

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