M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 24 Oct 2012 00:02 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: 4.6M
Depth: 45.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.75 , 145.221
Event Date: 24 Oct 2012 00:02 UTC
24 Oct 2012 10:02 Local
Exposed Population:
330000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000dc6c
Inserted at: 24 Oct 2012 00:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000dc6c 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
120411 0.5 24 Oct 2012 00:02 4.6M, 45.7km N/A 330 thousand (in 100km) 00:23 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 340000 people
75 km 170000 people
50 km 89000 people
20 km 6100 people
10 km 1200 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea Madang 250000 people
Papua New Guinea East Sepik 280000 people
Papua New Guinea Western Highlands 350000 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
Josephstaal JOP 68 19 km
Wanuma WNU unknown 23 km
Daup DAF unknown 27 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Potsdam Harbor Papua New Guinea 65 km
Long Island Papua New Guinea 67 km

More information

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