M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 08 Sep 2014 15:21 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: 79.08 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.7 , 155.3
Event Date: 08 Sep 2014 15:21 UTC
09 Sep 2014 01:21 Local
Exposed Population:
About 92322 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 08 Sep 2014 20:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
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
1059843 -1 08 Sep 2014 15:21 4.7M, 79.08km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 04:41 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 92000 people
75 km 85000 people
50 km 28000 people
20 km 6200 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea Northern Solomons 130000 people
Solomon Is. Solomon Is. 370000 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
Arawa RAW unknown 38 km
Oria OTY unknown 42 km
Buin UBI unknown 42 km
Karato KAF unknown 46 km
Tonu TON unknown 49 km
Boku BOQ unknown 50 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Anewa Bay PGANB Papua New Guinea 61 km
Kieta PGKIE Papua New Guinea 63 km
Keita Papua New Guinea 67 km

More information

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