M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 03 Oct 2012 21:02 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: 5.0M
Depth: 56.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.7651 , 151.126
Event Date: 03 Oct 2012 21:02 UTC
04 Oct 2012 07:02 Local
Exposed Population:
About 85000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000d0p1
Inserted at: 03 Oct 2012 21:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000d0p1 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
120036 0.5 03 Oct 2012 21:02 5M, 56.9km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 00:24 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 New Britain (population 170,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 84000 people
75 km 46000 people
50 km 21000 people
20 km 2100 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea East New Britain 170000 people
Papua New Guinea West New Britain 130000 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
Nutuve NUT unknown 27 km
Jacquinot Bay JAQ 64 39 km

More information

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