M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 11 Oct 2015 01:46 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: 4.5M
Depth: 69.96 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.2094 , 147.452
Event Date: 11 Oct 2015 01:46 UTC
11 Oct 2015 11:46 Local
Exposed Population:
289766 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 11 Oct 2015 02:09 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
1101559 0 11 Oct 2015 01:46 4.5M, 69.96km N/A 290 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 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 Morobe (population 390,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 290000 people
75 km 150000 people
50 km 59000 people
20 km 11000 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

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

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
Siwea SWE unknown 18 km
Kelanoa KNL unknown 21 km
Mindik MXK unknown 21 km
Sialum SXA unknown 21 km
Konge KGB unknown 23 km
Kabwum KBM unknown 25 km
Wasu WSU unknown 28 km
Masa MBV unknown 29 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Finschhaven Papua New Guinea 62 km
Dreger Harbor Papua New Guinea 69 km

More information

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