M 5.7 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Jan 2015 20:08 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: 5.7M
Depth: 53.99 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.6469 , 146.3231
Event Date: 21 Jan 2015 20:08 UTC
22 Jan 2015 06:08 Local
Exposed Population: 510000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2015 20:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
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
1070055 0.6 21 Jan 2015 20:08 5.7M, 53.99km 5.1 510 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 Madang (population 250,000) . The nearest places are Koki, Damoin, Gabumi, Lusuang, Koiaku, Kiambaui, Pang Pang, Warai, Singor, and Matoko.

Radius Population
100 km 500000 people
75 km 210000 people
50 km 53000 people
20 km 24000 people
10 km 8900 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
Koki Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 2 km
Damoin Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 4 km
Gabumi Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 4 km
Lusuang Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 5 km
Koiaku Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 6 km
Kiambaui Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 7 km
Pang Pang Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 7 km
Warai Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 8 km
Singor Madang Papua New Guinea Village - 8 km
Matoko Madang 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
Biliau BIJ unknown 0 11 km
Saidor SDI 27 0 21 km
Teptep TEP unknown 0 22 km
Nankina NKN unknown 0 28 km
Tauta TUT unknown 0 44 km
Wantoat WTT unknown 0 46 km
Ileg ILX unknown 0 53 km
Gusap GAP 459 0 56 km
Dumpu DPU unknown 0 62 km
Yalumet KYX unknown 0 64 km
Kaiapit KIA unknown 0 68 km
Dinangat DNU unknown 0 70 km
Sapmanga SMH unknown 0 71 km
Madang MAG 3 0 73 km
Arona AON unknown 0 75 km
Derim DER unknown 0 78 km
Lowai LWI unknown 0 81 km
Aiyura AYU unknown 0 86 km
Long Island LSJ unknown 0 88 km
Kisengan KSG unknown 0 91 km
Indagen IDN unknown 0 94 km
Usino USO unknown 0 95 km
Kopiago KPA unknown 0 96 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Madang PGMAG Papua New Guinea 71 km
Sek Harbor Papua New Guinea 80 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Yonki Ramu 1992 74 km

More information

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