M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 15 Feb 2019 04:29 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.8428 , 151.0141
Event Date: 15 Feb 2019 04:29 UTC
15 Feb 2019 14:29 Local
Exposed Population:
About 36000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000jias
Inserted at: 15 Feb 2019 04:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000jias Scaled population (vector) 3.57  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.3  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1248884 0 15 Feb 2019 04:29 4.7M, 10km N/A 40 thousand (in 100km) 00:20 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 New Ireland (population 90,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 36000 people
75 km <1000 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
New Ireland Papua New Guinea 90000 people
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people
West New Britain Papua New Guinea 130000 people
Manus Papua New Guinea 33000 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
Kavieng KVG 2 0 85 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kavieng PGKVG Papua New Guinea 86 km

More information

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