M 5.2 in New Britain Region, P.N.G. on 29 Oct 2014 21:14 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: 5.2M
Depth: 67.94 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.93 , 148.65
Event Date: 29 Oct 2014 21:14 UTC
30 Oct 2014 07:14 Local
Exposed Population:
About 53517 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 29 Oct 2014 21:39 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
1063450 0 29 Oct 2014 21:14 5.2M, 67.94km N/A 50 thousand (in 100km) 00:24 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 West New Britain (population 130,000) . The nearest places are and Anepmete.

Radius Population
100 km 54000 people
75 km 44000 people
50 km 28000 people
20 km 3600 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Anepmete West New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 9 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
Cape Gloucester Gloucester CGC 24 57 km
Lablab LAB unknown 72 km
Satwag SWG unknown 78 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Arawe Harbour Papua New Guinea 52 km
Gilau PGGIL Papua New Guinea 65 km

More information

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