M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 24 Mar 2014 11:19 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: 4.8M
Depth: 46.12 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.1839 , 142.0845
Event Date: 24 Mar 2014 11:19 UTC
24 Mar 2014 21:19 Local
Exposed Population:
132316 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 24 Mar 2014 12:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1044675 0 24 Mar 2014 11:19 4.8M, 46.12km N/A 130 thousand (in 100km) 00:52 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 , Province of West Sepik (population 140,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 130000 people
75 km 88000 people
50 km 47000 people
20 km 10000 people
10 km 2200 people
5 km 1100 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea West Sepik 140000 people
Papua New Guinea East Sepik 280000 people

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
Sissano SIZ unknown 24 km
Aitape ATP unknown 27 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Aitape Papua New Guinea 27 km
Aitape Harbor Papua New Guinea 40 km

More information

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