Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea from 17 May 2019 22:37 UTC to 22:37

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M 6 in Papua New Guinea from 17 May 2019 22:37 UTC to 22:37

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:	6.0M
Depth:	27.35 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.5786 , 153.006
Event Date:	17 May 2019 22:37 UTC 18 May 2019 08:37 Local
Exposed Population:	About 1000 people in MMI 150000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70003mus
Inserted at:	17 May 2019 22:59 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
us70003mus	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.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1260681		0	17 May 2019 22:37	6M, 27.35km	6.16	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	NEIC
1260711		0	17 May 2019 22:37	6M, 21.9km	6.47	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		04:55	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 New Ireland (population 1,713) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	1900 people
	3200 people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1260681	-4.579/153.006	6.0	27.4	6.158	17 May 2019 22:59	00:21	(new episode)
2	1260681	-4.579/153.006	6.0	27.4	6.158	18 May 2019 00:40	02:03	(upd of #1)
3	1260711	-4.579/153.006	6.0	27.4	6.158	18 May 2019 03:30	04:52	(new episode)
4	1260711	-4.58/153.004	6.0	21.9	6.457	18 May 2019 03:33	04:55	(upd of #3)
5	1260711	-4.58/153.004	6.0	21.9	6.472	18 May 2019 22:40	1d 00:02	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	1700 people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	2500 people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	2200 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Maliom	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	5 km
Pukenmi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	5 km
Ulam	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	5 km
Silur Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	7 km
Kambilal	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	7 km
Matkumlagir	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	9 km
Kumparum	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	10 km
Natar	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	12 km
Taron	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	13 km
Beriota	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	15 km
Lamoran	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	18 km
Bakop	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	21 km
Lenai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	23 km
Mimias	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	24 km
Matatai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	26 km
Kamiang	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Lambom	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	29 km
Lakas	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Lamassa Hamlets	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Lamassa	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	30 km
Kapsikau	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Lambur	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	33 km
Kabaman	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	33 km
Danfu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Nasko	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Burunkum	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	40 km
Kapasaliao	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Kait	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Kig	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Sumsum	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Watpi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 km
Manga Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Semalu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Weilo	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 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
Silur	SWR	unknown	7 km
Lamassa	LMG	unknown	30 km
Manga	MGP	unknown	47 km

More information

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