Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 21 Apr 2014 03:37 UTC

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M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Apr 2014 03:37 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:	4.7M
Depth:	35.97 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.4353 , 155.0007
Event Date:	21 Apr 2014 03:37 UTC 21 Apr 2014 13:37 Local
Exposed Population:	About 99258 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	21 Apr 2014 04:17 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
1047697		0	21 Apr 2014 03:37	4.7M, 35.97km	N/A	100 thousand (in 100km)		00:39	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	99000 people
75 km	79000 people
50 km	12000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

	Country	Region Province	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Northern Solomons	130000 people
	Solomon Is.	Solomon Is.	370000 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	32 km
Karato	KAF	unknown	43 km
Arawa	RAW	unknown	43 km
Torokina	TOK	unknown	44 km
Kurwina	KWV	unknown	48 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Anewa Bay	PGANB	Papua New Guinea	66 km
Kieta	PGKIE	Papua New Guinea	73 km
Keita		Papua New Guinea	79 km

More information

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