Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 08 Oct 2020 07:35 UTC

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M 6.3 in Papua New Guinea on 08 Oct 2020 07:35 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:	6.3M
Depth:	103.49 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.114 , 146.1686
Event Date:	08 Oct 2020 07:35 UTC 08 Oct 2020 17:35 Local
Exposed Population:	About 13000 people in MMI 820000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000c6mu
Inserted at:	09 Oct 2020 07:41 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
us6000c6mu	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

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1336755	1.2	08 Oct 2020 07:35	6.7M, 115.5km	N/A	810 thousand (in 100km)	00:08	PTWC
1336757	1.2	08 Oct 2020 07:35	6.7M, 116km	N/A	780 thousand (in 100km)	00:11	NTWC
1336761	0	08 Oct 2020 07:35	6.3M, 103.49km	5.52	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	1d 00:06	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 Morobe (population 74,976) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	470000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1336761	-6.114/146.169	6.3	103.5	5.353	08 Oct 2020 07:59	00:23	(new episode)
2	1336761	-6.114/146.169	6.3	103.5	5.357	08 Oct 2020 08:42	01:06	(upd of #1)
3	1336761	-6.114/146.169	6.3	103.5	5.525	08 Oct 2020 09:39	02:04	(upd of #2)
4	1336761	-6.114/146.169	6.3	103.5	5.525	08 Oct 2020 22:38	15:03	(upd of #3)
5	1336761	-6.114/146.169	6.3	103.5	5.525	09 Oct 2020 07:41	1d 00:06	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Morobe	Papua New Guinea	75000 people
Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	69000 people
Madang	Papua New Guinea	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Atsonas	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	4 km
Narawapum	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	5 km
Wankun No.2	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	9 km
Watarais	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	14 km
Arifiran	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	18 km
Zumin	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	19 km
Kaiapit	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	22 km
Yauna	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	26 km
Mutsing	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	26 km
Bopirumpu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Arona	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Intoap	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	27 km
Okentenu	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Punano	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Kaigulan	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	33 km
Tuta	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	33 km
Maniag	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	33 km
Barosira	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Amara	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	35 km
Ifei'ompa	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Akuna	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Kainantu	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Village	8500 people	38 km
Guruf	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 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
Kaiapit	KIA	unknown	19 km
Gusap	GAP	459	23 km
Arona	AON	unknown	27 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Yonki	Ramu	1992	26 km

More information

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