M 5.4 in Papua New Guinea on 24 Jul 2014 17:10 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: 5.4M
Depth: 75.18 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.61 , 145.39
Event Date: 24 Jul 2014 17:10 UTC
25 Jul 2014 03:10 Local
Exposed Population:
1049078 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 25 Jul 2014 07:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.5 -0.5
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
1056044 -0.5 24 Jul 2014 17:10 5.4M, 75.18km N/A 1 million (in 100km) 14:04 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 and Danaru.

Radius Population
100 km 1 million people
75 km 570000 people
50 km 140000 people
20 km 16000 people
10 km 5100 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
Danaru Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 5 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
Kopiago KPA unknown 4 km
Brahman BRH unknown 10 km
Usino USO unknown 13 km
Moki MJJ unknown 18 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Long Island Papua New Guinea 47 km
Madang PGMAG Papua New Guinea 63 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Yonki Ramu 1992 96 km

More information

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