M 5.2 in Papua New Guinea on 23 Jun 2022 02:04 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: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -9.4635 , 149.833
Event Date: 23 Jun 2022 02:04 UTC
23 Jun 2022 12:04 Local
Exposed Population: 80 thousand in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000hjgi
Inserted at: 23 Jun 2022 02:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000hjgi Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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
1450003 0 23 Jun 2022 02:04 5.2M, 10km 5.24 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:22 NEIC
1450866 0 23 Jun 2022 02:04 5.5M, 10km 6 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 6d 00:32 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 Milne Bay. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
1000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Milne Bay Papua New Guinea no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pem Mission Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 19 km
Woruka Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 21 km
Boboni Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 24 km
Sirimo Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 25 km
Mukawa Mission Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 25 km
Podago Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 27 km
Boga Boga Mission Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 28 km
Wakakamaki Mission Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 29 km
Mapona Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 31 km
Tarakwaruri Mission Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 32 km
Batua Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 33 km
Baniara Milne Bay Papua New Guinea Village - 34 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Baniara Papua New Guinea 30 km

More information

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