M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 16 Jan 2013 21:22 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: 4.7M
Depth: 149.8 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.7799 , 149.041
Event Date: 16 Jan 2013 21:22 UTC
17 Jan 2013 07:22 Local
Exposed Population:
About 64000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000eq6c
Inserted at: 16 Jan 2013 22:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000eq6c 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
121988 0.5 16 Jan 2013 21:22 4.7M, 149.8km N/A 60 thousand (in 100km) 00:50 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 West New Britain (population 130,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 64000 people
75 km 50000 people
50 km 32000 people
20 km 5300 people
10 km 1800 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Papua New Guinea West New Britain 130000 people
Papua New Guinea Morobe 390000 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
Linga Linga LGN unknown 44 km
Cape Gloucester Gloucester CGC 24 75 km
Kandrian KDR 112 75 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Gilau PGGIL Papua New Guinea 32 km
Arawe Harbour Papua New Guinea 44 km

More information

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