M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 09 Sep 2012 11:27 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: 37.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.6521 , 144.354
Event Date: 09 Sep 2012 11:27 UTC
09 Sep 2012 21:27 Local
Exposed Population:
180000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000cjht
Inserted at: 09 Sep 2012 11:53 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000cjht 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
119487 0.5 09 Sep 2012 11:27 4.5M, 37.1km N/A 180 thousand (in 100km) 00:26 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 190000 people
75 km 78000 people
50 km 15000 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea East Sepik 280000 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
Angoram AGG unknown 55 km
Simbai SIM unknown 56 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Wewak PGWWK Papua New Guinea 82 km
Potsdam Harbor Papua New Guinea 90 km

More information

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