Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 16 Oct 2012 17:51 UTC

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M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 16 Oct 2012 17:51 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:	4.8M
Depth:	225.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.5003 , 147.137
Event Date:	16 Oct 2012 17:51 UTC 17 Oct 2012 03:51 Local
Exposed Population:	About 95000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usb000d6vz
Inserted at:	16 Oct 2012 19:34 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usb000d6vz	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
120266		0.5	16 Oct 2012 17:51	4.8M, 225.6km	N/A	90 thousand (in 100km)		01:42	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 Madang (population 250,000) . The nearest places are Bok, Koep, Matafum, Karim, Malala, Kwenkiau, Malasanga, Mulau, Singorkai, Belambu, and Hem.

Radius	Population
100 km	100000 people
75 km	50000 people
50 km	4900 people
20 km	2500 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Madang	Papua New Guinea	250000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bok	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	11 km
Koep	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	14 km
Matafum	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	19 km
Karim	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	22 km
Malala	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	24 km
Kwenkiau	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	31 km
Malasanga	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	49 km
Mulau	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	51 km
Singorkai	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Belambu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	52 km
Vincketown	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Bulcara	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Wasu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	53 km
Singor	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	54 km
Kulavi	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Tul	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	55 km
Sio	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	57 km
Nineia	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Roinji	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Darongge	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	59 km
Towat	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Gali	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Etep	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	60 km
Ulap	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Lebangande	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	61 km
Scharnhorst	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Ulap Mission	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	62 km
Bumbu	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	63 km
Yara	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	64 km
Malalamai	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Belombibi	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	65 km
Satop	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Warit	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	66 km
Mula	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Mantagen	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	67 km
Yagomi	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Domut	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	68 km
Gumukio	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Kelanoa	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Bwaha	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	69 km
Seure	Madang	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	70 km
Hem	Morobe	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	70 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Distance
Long Island	LSJ	unknown	21 km
Wasu	WSU	unknown	58 km
Indagen	IDN	unknown	63 km
Kelanoa	KNL	unknown	69 km
Saidor	SDI	27	78 km
Derim	DER	unknown	78 km
Sapmanga	SMH	unknown	81 km
Sialum	SXA	unknown	84 km
Nankina	NKN	unknown	88 km
Biliau	BIJ	unknown	90 km
Konge	KGB	unknown	91 km
Dinangat	DNU	unknown	92 km
Yalumet	KYX	unknown	95 km
Mindik	MXK	unknown	96 km
Baindoung	BDZ	unknown	97 km
Satwag	SWG	unknown	99 km
Siwea	SWE	unknown	99 km

More information

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