M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 12 Oct 2014 19:54 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: 5.1M
Depth: 54.28 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.38 , 152.1
Event Date: 12 Oct 2014 19:54 UTC
13 Oct 2014 05:54 Local
Exposed Population:
About 29300 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 12 Oct 2014 21:03 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
1062184 0 12 Oct 2014 19:54 5.1M, 54.28km N/A 30 thousand (in 100km) 01:08 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 East New Britain (population 170,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 29000 people
75 km 16000 people
50 km 9900 people
20 km 2200 people
10 km 1100 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea East New Britain 170000 people
Papua New Guinea West New Britain 130000 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
Gonalia GOE unknown 24 km
Uvol UVO unknown 27 km

More information

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