M 6 in Papua New Guinea on 07 Jan 2020 19:11 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: 6.0M
Depth: 116.75 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.1549 , 151.2578
Event Date: 07 Jan 2020 19:11 UTC
08 Jan 2020 05:11 Local
Exposed Population: About 97000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70006vvr
Inserted at: 10 Jan 2020 22:05 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
us70006vvr 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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1289279 0 07 Jan 2020 19:11 6M, 116.75km 4.37 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 3d 02:53 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1289279 -5.155/151.258 6.0 116.8 4.37 07 Jan 2020 19:31 00:20 (new episode)
2 0 1289279 -5.155/151.258 6.0 116.8 4.37 07 Jan 2020 21:14 02:02 (upd of #1)
3 0 1289279 -5.155/151.258 6.0 116.8 4.37 08 Jan 2020 19:14 1d 00:02 (upd of #2)
4 0 1289279 -5.172/151.236 6.0 117.0 4.369 10 Jan 2020 22:05 3d 02:53 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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