M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 09 Dec 2012 02:50 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: 4.9M
Depth: 34 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.5022 , 145.357
Event Date: 09 Dec 2012 02:50 UTC
09 Dec 2012 12:50 Local
Exposed Population:
About 10000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000e6xn
Inserted at: 09 Dec 2012 03:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000e6xn 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
121364 0.5 09 Dec 2012 02:50 4.9M, 34km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 00:20 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 39000 people
75 km 2500 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea Madang 250000 people
Papua New Guinea East Sepik 280000 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
Awar AWR unknown 87 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Potsdam Harbor Papua New Guinea 92 km

More information

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