Overall Green Earthquake alert in Near N Coast Of New Guinea, Png. on 20 Jul 2014 15:03 UTC

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M 4.8 in Near N Coast Of New Guinea, Png. on 20 Jul 2014 15:03 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:	94.35 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.93 , 144.77
Event Date:	20 Jul 2014 15:03 UTC 21 Jul 2014 01:03 Local
Exposed Population:	394924 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	21 Jul 2014 08:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-0.9		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
1055773		0	20 Jul 2014 15:03	4.8M, 94.35km	N/A	390 thousand (in 100km)		17:11	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 Madang (population 250,000) . The nearest places are Watabu, and Vavapi.

Radius	Population
100 km	390000 people
75 km	150000 people
50 km	66000 people
20 km	13000 people
10 km	4900 people
5 km	1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Madang	Papua New Guinea	250000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Watabu	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	5 km
Vavapi	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	6 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
Annanberg	AOB	unknown					12 km
Sangapi	SGK	unknown					17 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Long Island		Papua New Guinea	55 km
Potsdam Harbor		Papua New Guinea	80 km

More information

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