M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 23 Apr 2014 17:00 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: 4.6M
Depth: 64.12 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.605 , 154.8555
Event Date: 23 Apr 2014 17:00 UTC
24 Apr 2014 03:00 Local
Exposed Population:
About 87435 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 23 Apr 2014 21:25 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
1047891 0 23 Apr 2014 17:00 4.6M, 64.12km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 04:24 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 87000 people
75 km 16000 people
50 km 1600 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 57 km
Arawa RAW unknown 66 km
Karato KAF unknown 68 km
Torokina TOK unknown 69 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Anewa Bay PGANB Papua New Guinea 91 km
Kieta PGKIE Papua New Guinea 97 km

More information

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