M 4.5 in Papua New Guinea on 09 Jan 2013 16:30 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: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.226 , 144.072
Event Date: 09 Jan 2013 16:30 UTC
10 Jan 2013 02:30 Local
Exposed Population:
About 94000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2013kebc
Inserted at: 09 Jan 2013 19:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us2013kebc 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
121873 0.5 09 Jan 2013 16:30 4.5M, 35km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 02:54 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 Gulf (population 80,000) . The nearest places are Waira, and Kopi.

Radius Population
100 km 100000 people
75 km 32000 people
50 km 13000 people
20 km 1600 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Gulf Papua New Guinea 80000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Waira Gulf Papua New Guinea Village - 14 km
Kopi Gulf Papua New Guinea Village - 14 km

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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
Suria SUZ unknown 18 km
Kikori KRI unknown 28 km

More information

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