M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 23 Apr 2014 02:38 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: 31.27 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.0746 , 154.6785
Event Date: 23 Apr 2014 02:38 UTC
23 Apr 2014 12:38 Local
Exposed Population:
About 9138 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 23 Apr 2014 03:29 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
1047823 0 23 Apr 2014 02:38 4.9M, 37.91km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 00:44 NEIC
1047825 0 23 Apr 2014 02:38 4.8M, 31.27km N/A 9 thousand (in 100km) 00:50 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 23000 people
75 km 6700 people
50 km no 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) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Boku BOQ unknown 89 km
Arawa RAW unknown 90 km
Mono MNY 11 91 km
Karato KAF unknown 95 km
Buin UBI unknown 98 km
Torokina TOK unknown 99 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Blanche Harbour Soloman Islands 91 km

More information

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