M 4.8 in Papua New Guinea on 25 Jun 2013 06:40 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: 4.8M
Depth: 56.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.8976 , 142.0624
Event Date: 25 Jun 2013 06:40 UTC
25 Jun 2013 16:40 Local
Exposed Population:
168207 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 25 Jun 2013 09:07 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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
1000326 0.1 25 Jun 2013 06:40 4.8M, 56.9km N/A 170 thousand (in 100km) 02:27 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 Sepik (population 140,000) . The nearest places are and Nigre.

Radius Population
100 km 170000 people
75 km 89000 people
50 km 34000 people
20 km 7300 people
10 km 2400 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
West Sepik Papua New Guinea 140000 people
East Sepik Papua New Guinea 280000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Nigre Sandaun Papua New Guinea Village - 8 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
Yellow River XYR unknown 31 km
Anguganak AKG unknown 41 km
Lumi LMI unknown 46 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Aitape Papua New Guinea 91 km
Aitape Harbor Papua New Guinea 97 km

More information

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