M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 21 Dec 2015 18:55 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: 4.8M
Depth: 66.63 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.4471 , 144.2963
Event Date: 21 Dec 2015 18:55 UTC
22 Dec 2015 04:55 Local
Exposed Population:
250144 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 21 Dec 2015 20:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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
1112600 0.1 21 Dec 2015 18:55 4.8M, 66.63km N/A 250 thousand (in 100km) 01:46 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 Sepik (population 280,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 250000 people
75 km 160000 people
50 km 70000 people
20 km 12000 people
10 km 3100 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea East Sepik 280000 people
Papua New Guinea Madang 250000 people
Papua New Guinea Enga 190000 people
Papua New Guinea Western Highlands 350000 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
Angoram AGG unknown 49 km
Simbai SIM unknown 61 km
Annanberg AOB unknown 65 km
Awar AWR unknown 69 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Potsdam Harbor Papua New Guinea 72 km

More information

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