M 4.7 in Papua New Guinea on 11 Apr 2014 18:20 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: 91.63 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.4618 , 155.3248
Event Date: 11 Apr 2014 18:20 UTC
12 Apr 2014 04:20 Local
Exposed Population:
About 98784 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2014 14:49 UTC

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -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
1046536 0 11 Apr 2014 18:20 4.8M, 50.31km N/A 100 thousand (in 100km) 02:11 NEIC
1046592 -1 11 Apr 2014 18:20 4.7M, 91.63km N/A 100 thousand (in 100km) 20:28 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) . The nearest places are Mokokolio, and Taruba.

Radius Population
100 km 100000 people
75 km 91000 people
50 km 76000 people
20 km 11000 people
10 km 3800 people
5 km 1300 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Northern Solomons Papua New Guinea 130000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Taruba Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 2 km
Mokokolio Bougainville Papua New Guinea Village - 3 km

see full list

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
Arawa RAW unknown 7 km
Karato KAF unknown 15 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Anewa Bay PGANB Papua New Guinea 33 km
Kieta PGKIE Papua New Guinea 38 km

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.