M 5.9 in Papua New Guinea on 07 Mar 2023 13:51 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: 5.9M
Depth: 9 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.1576 , 150.6188
Event Date: 07 Mar 2023 13:51 UTC
07 Mar 2023 23:51 Local
Exposed Population: 2 thousand in MMI&>=V
Source: NEIC us7000jhw8
Inserted at: 13 Mar 2023 22:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000jhw8 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1494041 0 07 Mar 2023 13:51 6M, 10km 5.76 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:20 NEIC
1495206 0 07 Mar 2023 13:51 5.9M, 9km 5.79 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 6d 08:23 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Papua New Guinea ,of New Ireland (population 90,000) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
1800 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
New Ireland Papua New Guinea no people
New Ireland Papua New Guinea no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Leion New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 27 km
Sumuna Mission New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 39 km
Lapai New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 44 km
Piliwa New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 44 km
Kabien New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 45 km
Tunschui New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 46 km
Lokono New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 46 km
Tapak New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 48 km
Kaut New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 53 km
Patimaian New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 54 km
Nusailas New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 54 km
Butei New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 55 km
Kiton New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 56 km
Metesalan New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 56 km
Upuos New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 56 km
Enuk New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 57 km
Bagatere New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 57 km
Tome New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 58 km
Pauk New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 58 km
Mantania New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 60 km
Neikapatuk New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 60 km
Bangatang New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 60 km
Mataniu New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 61 km
Kulaunus New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 62 km
Balus New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 63 km
Narimlaua New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 64 km
Meterankan New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 64 km
Butbut New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 65 km
Lemusmus Number 2 New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 65 km
Bobsie New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 65 km
Lavongai New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Konmavul New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Masi New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 67 km
Bclupa New Ireland Papua New Guinea Village - 69 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
Taskul TSK unknown 0 66 km

More information

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