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:	5.8M
Depth:	59.954 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.5224 , 154.9642
Event Date:	08 Mar 2023 07:33 UTC 08 Mar 2023 18:33 Local
Exposed Population:	10 thousand in MMI V
Source:	NEIC us7000ji38
Inserted at:	08 Mar 2023 07:50 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
us7000ji38	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1494174		0	08 Mar 2023 07:33	5.8M, 59.954km	5.13	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:17	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 Northern Solomons (population 130,000) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	14000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	no people
	Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Jaba	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	24 km
Torakina	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	34 km
Koiaris	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	36 km
Haigi	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Piva	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	37 km
Mosigetta	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	39 km
Panguna	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Mom	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Pekei	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	41 km
Taruba	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Boku	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	43 km
Tokinotu	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	45 km
Mokokolio	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Barosi	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	46 km
Birai	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	47 km
Kapikavi	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	77 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
	Boku	BOQ	unknown				0	40 km

More information

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