M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Jan 2015 19:52 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: 69.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.6743 , 146.3809
Event Date: 21 Jan 2015 19:52 UTC
22 Jan 2015 05:52 Local
Exposed Population:
429998 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2015 20:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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
1070050 0.3 21 Jan 2015 19:52 5.1M, 69.6km N/A 430 thousand (in 100km) 00:20 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 Sindama, and Silaling.

Radius Population
100 km 470000 people
75 km 140000 people
50 km 43000 people
20 km 26000 people
10 km 9100 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
Silaling Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 2 km
Sindama Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 3 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
Biliau BIJ unknown 11 km
Saidor SDI 27 11 km
Nankina NKN unknown 19 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Madang PGMAG Papua New Guinea 82 km
Sek Harbor Papua New Guinea 90 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Yonki Ramu 1992 78 km

More information

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