M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 12 Jun 2015 17:39 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: 4.7M
Depth: 55.83 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.6373 , 151.4981
Event Date: 12 Jun 2015 17:39 UTC
13 Jun 2015 03:39 Local
Exposed Population:
About 53050 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 12 Jun 2015 18:33 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
1084294 0 12 Jun 2015 17:39 4.7M, 55.83km N/A 50 thousand (in 100km) 00:53 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) . The nearest places are and Manginuna.

Radius Population
100 km 53000 people
75 km 38000 people
50 km 13000 people
20 km 4000 people
10 km 2400 people
5 km 2000 people
2 km 1400 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Manginuna East New Britain 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
Jacquinot Bay JAQ 64 2 km
Nutuve NUT unknown 13 km
Gonaili 1 15 km

More information

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