Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 20 Apr 2014 08:24 UTC

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M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 20 Apr 2014 08:24 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:	5.0M
Depth:	34.87 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.5001 , 154.7017
Event Date:	20 Apr 2014 08:24 UTC 20 Apr 2014 18:24 Local
Exposed Population:	About 59721 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	20 Apr 2014 09:03 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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1047655		0	20 Apr 2014 08:24	5M, 34.87km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)		00:38	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 Northern Solomons (population 130,000) .

Radius	Population
100 km	60000 people
75 km	11000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	130000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Distance
Boku	BOQ	unknown	63 km
Karato	KAF	unknown	76 km
Torokina	TOK	unknown	76 km
Arawa	RAW	unknown	77 km
Kurwina	KWV	unknown	78 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Anewa Bay	PGANB	Papua New Guinea	99 km

More information

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