M 4.6 in New Guinea, Papua New Guinea on 12 Nov 2014 19:37 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: 4.6M
Depth: 53.23 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.57 , 145.88
Event Date: 12 Nov 2014 19:37 UTC
13 Nov 2014 05:37 Local
Exposed Population:
802499 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 12 Nov 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
1064481 0 12 Nov 2014 19:37 4.6M, 53.23km N/A 800 thousand (in 100km) 02:01 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 Eastern Highlands (population 300,000) . The nearest places are Bibeori, and Batra.

Radius Population
100 km 800000 people
75 km 570000 people
50 km 300000 people
20 km 20000 people
10 km 5400 people
5 km 1200 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Eastern Highlands Papua New Guinea 300000 people
Morobe Papua New Guinea 390000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Batra Eastern Highlands Papua New Guinea Village - 3 km
Bibeori Eastern Highlands Papua New Guinea Village - 4 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
Wonenara WOA unknown 25 km
Aiyura AYU unknown 26 km
Imane IMN unknown 27 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Yonki Ramu 1992 37 km

More information

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