M 5.2 in Papua New Guinea on 13 Oct 2012 23:07 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: 5.2M
Depth: 6.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.5208 , 142.301
Event Date: 13 Oct 2012 23:07 UTC
14 Oct 2012 08:07 Local
Exposed Population:
About 32000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000d5iv
Inserted at: 13 Oct 2012 23:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000d5iv 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
120187 0.5 13 Oct 2012 23:07 5.2M, 6.7km N/A 30 thousand (in 100km) 00:18 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 West Sepik (population 140,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 35000 people
75 km 13000 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
West Sepik Papua New Guinea 140000 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
Sissano SIZ unknown 60 km
Aitape ATP unknown 68 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Aitape Papua New Guinea 68 km
Aitape Harbor Papua New Guinea 69 km

More information

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