M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 12 Sep 2015 01:42 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: 5.0M
Depth: 26.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.9707 , 146.6076
Event Date: 12 Sep 2015 01:42 UTC
12 Sep 2015 11:42 Local
Exposed Population:
553644 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 12 Sep 2015 02:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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
1096190 0.2 12 Sep 2015 01:42 5M, 26.5km N/A 550 thousand (in 100km) 00:21 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 and Isan.

Radius Population
100 km 550000 people
75 km 260000 people
50 km 50000 people
20 km 3900 people
10 km 1200 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Madang Papua New Guinea 250000 people
Morobe Papua New Guinea 390000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Isan Morobe Papua New Guinea Village - 2 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
Yalumet KYX unknown 18 km
Sapmanga SMH unknown 20 km
Dinangat DNU unknown 21 km
Nankina NKN unknown 23 km
Wantoat WTT unknown 25 km
Derim DER unknown 27 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Lae PGLAE Papua New Guinea 94 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Yonki Ramu 1992 76 km

More information

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