M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 04 May 2014 03:07 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: 4.5M
Depth: 20.32 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.3408 , 154.9589
Event Date: 04 May 2014 03:07 UTC
04 May 2014 13:07 Local
Exposed Population:
107896 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 04 May 2014 03:42 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
1048797 0 04 May 2014 03:07 4.5M, 20.32km N/A 110 thousand (in 100km) 00:34 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) . The nearest places are and Torakina.

Radius Population
100 km 110000 people
75 km 78000 people
50 km 9700 people
20 km <1000 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

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Torakina Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 17 km

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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 30 km
Torokina TOK unknown 43 km
Karato KAF unknown 44 km
Kurwina KWV unknown 45 km
Arawa RAW unknown 47 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Anewa Bay PGANB Papua New Guinea 66 km
Kieta PGKIE Papua New Guinea 74 km
Keita Papua New Guinea 80 km

More information

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