M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 09 Jul 2014 15:17 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: 86.56 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.5411 , 147.1858
Event Date: 09 Jul 2014 15:17 UTC
10 Jul 2014 01:17 Local
Exposed Population:
408789 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 09 Jul 2014 21:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
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
1054990 -0.9 09 Jul 2014 15:17 4.7M, 86.56km N/A 410 thousand (in 100km) 06:00 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 Morobe (population 390,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 410000 people
75 km 290000 people
50 km 170000 people
20 km 5500 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea Morobe 390000 people
Papua New Guinea Madang 250000 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
Singaua SGB unknown 18 km
Ogeranang OGE unknown 19 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Lae PGLAE Papua New Guinea 33 km
Salamaua PGSMU Papua New Guinea 59 km

More information

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