M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 05 Nov 2012 16:12 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: 107.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.1348 , 142.134
Event Date: 05 Nov 2012 16:12 UTC
06 Nov 2012 02:12 Local
Exposed Population:
150000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2012hpaw
Inserted at: 05 Nov 2012 18:52 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us2012hpaw 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
120681 0.5 05 Nov 2012 16:12 4.5M, 107.3km N/A 150 thousand (in 100km) 02:39 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 160000 people
75 km 69000 people
50 km 27000 people
20 km 3200 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea East Sepik 280000 people
Papua New Guinea West Sepik 140000 people
Papua New Guinea Southern Highlands 320000 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
April River APR unknown 35 km
Yellow River XYR unknown 52 km
Ama AMF unknown 54 km

More information

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