M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 05 Jan 2016 19:48 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: 89.53 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.447 , 147.1328
Event Date: 05 Jan 2016 19:48 UTC
06 Jan 2016 05:48 Local
Exposed Population:
454868 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 05 Jan 2016 22:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
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
1114390 -0.9 05 Jan 2016 19:48 4.7M, 89.53km N/A 450 thousand (in 100km) 02:45 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 450000 people
75 km 300000 people
50 km 190000 people
20 km 1900 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
Kasanombe KSB unknown 16 km
Ogeranang OGE unknown 23 km
Baindoung BDZ unknown 25 km
Singaua SGB unknown 26 km
Bawan BWJ unknown 27 km
Kabwum KBM unknown 27 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Lae PGLAE Papua New Guinea 34 km
Salamaua PGSMU Papua New Guinea 66 km

More information

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