M 7.8 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.6 m) in Papua New Guinea from 19 Apr 2014 13:27 UTC to 13:28

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 7.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.688 , 154.981
Event Date: 19 Apr 2014 13:28 UTC
19 Apr 2014 23:28 Local
Exposed Population:
About 90000 people within 100km
Source: USGS pt14109002
Inserted at: 19 Apr 2014 13:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
USGS 0 2 1
pt14109002 Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 1.58m  
  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
1047508 0.7 19 Apr 2014 13:27 7.4M, 10km N/A 70 thousand (in 100km) 0.8m (at 00:22) 00:06 GEOFON
1047511 1 19 Apr 2014 13:28 7.8M, 10km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 1.6m (at 00:34) 00:11 NEIC
1047512 1 19 Apr 2014 13:28 7.8M, 10km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 1.6m (at 00:34) 00:12 USGS
1047518 0.5 19 Apr 2014 13:27 7.5M, 30.87km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 0.6m (at 00:54) 00:22 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 Northern Solomons (population 130,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 90000 people
75 km 26000 people
50 km 10000 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 Northern Solomons 130000 people
Solomon Is. Solomon Is. 370000 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
Boku BOQ unknown 55 km
Arawa RAW unknown 56 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Anewa Bay PGANB Papua New Guinea 82 km
Kieta PGKIE Papua New Guinea 87 km

More information

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