M 5.5 in Papua New Guinea on 17 Oct 2019 19:34 UTC

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: 5.5M
Depth: 15.89 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.9265 , 141.6489
Event Date: 17 Oct 2019 19:34 UTC
18 Oct 2019 05:34 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
140000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70005v4h
Inserted at: 18 Oct 2019 19:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 7.6 (Papua New Guinea)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Papua New Guinea= 7.6; Indonesia= 4.8

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70005v4h Scaled population (raster) 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1275050 0 17 Oct 2019 19:34 5.5M, 25.68km 5.72 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 NEIC
1275052 0 17 Oct 2019 19:34 5.5M, 15.89km 5.77 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 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 West Sepik (population 138) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
6100 people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1275050 -2.938/141.65 5.5 25.7 5.721 17 Oct 2019 19:54 00:20 (new episode)
2 0 1275052 -2.938/141.65 5.5 25.7 5.721 17 Oct 2019 20:16 00:42 (new episode)
3 0 1275052 -2.926/141.649 5.5 15.9 6.199 17 Oct 2019 20:20 00:46 (upd of #2)
4 0 1275052 -2.926/141.649 5.5 15.9 6.199 17 Oct 2019 21:37 02:03 (upd of #3)
5 0 1275052 -2.926/141.649 5.5 15.9 5.769 18 Oct 2019 19:37 1d 00:03 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
West Sepik Papua New Guinea <1000 people
West Sepik Papua New Guinea 5500 people
West Sepik Papua New Guinea 9600 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Puari Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 9 km
Leitre Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 10 km
Sumararu Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 18 km
Imbio 2 Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 25 km
Ningera Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 29 km
Imbrinis Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 31 km
Serai Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 32 km
Mori Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 34 km
Sumumini Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 35 km
Fugari Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 36 km
Ossima Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 39 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Leitre LTF unknown 0 11 km
Ossima OSG unknown 0 39 km

More information

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