Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea from 01 Mar 2023 05:36 UTC to 05:36

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M 6.5 in Papua New Guinea from 01 Mar 2023 05:36 UTC to 05:36

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:	6.5M
Depth:	582.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.792 , 149.58
Event Date:	01 Mar 2023 05:36 UTC 01 Mar 2023 15:36 Local
Exposed Population:	100 thousand in MMI II
Source:	PTWC pt23060000
Inserted at:	01 Mar 2023 05:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
PTWC	0		0		0
pt23060000	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 rapid impact	0	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1492862	01 Mar 2023 05:36	6.5M, 582.6km	N/A	100 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:10	PTWC
1492863	01 Mar 2023 05:36	6.5M, 583km	2.39	100 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:11	NTWC
1492865	01 Mar 2023 05:36	6.5M, 598.925km	2.21	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:19	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	20000 people
75 km	no people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lama	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	12 km
Widu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	17 km
Potpot	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	19 km
Lambe	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	21 km
Witu Mission	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	21 km
Bali-Witu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	50 km
Penatabotong	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	51 km
Manopo	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Bali	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Bulu Daba	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Bulumuri	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Wanguwangu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Woganakai	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Buluwara	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Volupai	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Kumavavu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Liapo	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Komaraki	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Bagum	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 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)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Witu	WIU	1	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3000	22 km
Bali	BAJ	unknown				0	53 km
Talasea	TLW	unknown				0	78 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Peter Haven		Papua New Guinea	15 km
Talasea	PGTLW	Papua New Guinea	77 km
Gilau	PGGIL	Papua New Guinea	98 km

More information

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