M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 19 Jan 2013 06:00 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: 22.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.5583 , 152.213
Event Date: 19 Jan 2013 06:00 UTC
19 Jan 2013 16:00 Local
Exposed Population:
240000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000erbx
Inserted at: 19 Jan 2013 06:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000erbx 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
122021 0.5 19 Jan 2013 06:00 4.9M, 22.3km N/A 240 thousand (in 100km) 00:25 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 New Britain (population 170,000) . The nearest places are and Simbum.

Radius Population
100 km 240000 people
75 km 230000 people
50 km 210000 people
20 km 45000 people
10 km 2100 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
East New Britain Papua New Guinea 170000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Simbum East New Britain Papua New Guinea Village - 4 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
Stockholm SMP unknown 27 km
Tokua 10 30 km
Rabaul RAB 4 37 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kokopo Roadstead Papua New Guinea 25 km
Rabaul PGRAB Papua New Guinea 39 km

More information

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