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Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 8.47 S°, 133.89 E°
Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 3.53 N°, 145.89 E°
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Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Region Lat/Long
19-Jan-2014 15:58:02 5.1 54.59 79km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 144.8° N / 339.88° E
Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)
Name Advisory Date(UTC) Wind Speed Wind Gusts Heading Track Speed Status Pressure Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.                
Active Volcanoes
Name Region Activity Primary Observatory More Information Last Updated Lat/Long
Manam Papua New Guinea Unknown   GVP Site Link Tue Dec 24 17:23:33 HST 2013 4.08° S / 145.04° E
Recent Hotspots (Fire)
Date of First Obs(UTC) Date of Last Obs(UTC) Description Mean Lat. Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.        

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years
Count
27
5 Most Recent Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Jun 16 2010 00:03 7.0 18 6 17 INDONESIA: NEW GUINEA: IRIAN JAYA: JAPEN 2.17° S / 136.54° E
Jan 07 2008 00:03 5.9 12 0 INDONESIA: NEW GUINEA: MANOKWARI, 0.79° S / 134.01° E
Nov 26 2004 00:02 7.1 10 8 32 INDONESIA: NABIRE 3.61° S / 135.4° E
Feb 07 2004 00:02 7.3 10 0 INDONESIA: NABIRE 4.0° S / 135.02° E
Feb 05 2004 00:21 7.0 17 37 INDONESIA: NABIRE 3.61° S / 135.54° E
5 Largest Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Feb 17 1996 00:05 8.2 33 54 INDONESIA: NEW GUINEA: IRIAN JAYA: BIAK, SUPIORI 0.89° S / 136.95° E
Jan 10 1971 00:07 8.1 34 9 0 INDONESIA: NEW GUINEA: IRIAN JAYA:DJAJAPURA,SENTANI 3.1° S / 139.7° E
Jan 13 1916 00:06 8.1 30 0 INDONESIA: NEW GUINEA: IRIAN JAYA 3.0° S / 136.0° E
Jan 13 1916 00:08 8.1 16 0 INDONESIA: NEW GUINEA: IRIAN JAYA 3.0° S / 135.5° E
Oct 26 1926 00:03 7.9 25 0 INDONESIA: NEW GUINEA: IRIAN JAYA 3.2° S / 138.5° E

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions
Count
39
5 Most Recent Eruptions
Name Date(UTC) Magnitude Location Lat / Long
MANAM Dec 23 1998 00:00 1.0 NEW GUINEA-NE OF 4.1° S / 145.06° E
MANAM Dec 28 1997 00:00 2.0 NEW GUINEA-NE OF 4.1° S / 145.06° E
MANAM Oct 26 1997 00:00 1.0 NEW GUINEA-NE OF 4.1° S / 145.06° E
MANAM Dec 03 1996 00:00 3.0 NEW GUINEA-NE OF 4.1° S / 145.06° E
MANAM Dec 04 1994 00:00 2.0 NEW GUINEA-NE OF 4.1° S / 145.06° E

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
Mar 11 2011 00:00 INDONESIA Holtekamp II (jembatan muara) 2.8   2.63° S / 140.78° E
Jan 03 2009 20:00 INDONESIA MANOKWARI 0.4 0 0.87° S / 134.08° E
Oct 10 2002 00:00 INDONESIA RANSIKI 5.0 0 1.5° S / 134.17° E
Sep 08 2002 18:59 PAPUA NEW GUINEA KAIRIRU ISLAND, VICTORIA BAY 5.5 0 3.33° S / 143.52° E
Jul 17 1998 00:00 PAPUA NEW GUINEA AROP 15.0 862 3.03° S / 142.1° E
5 Largest Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
Jul 17 1998 00:00 PAPUA NEW GUINEA AROP 15.0 862 3.03° S / 142.1° E
Dec 23 1930 00:00 PAPUA NEW GUINEA MAL ISLAND, BISMARCK SEA 10.5 0 1.38° S / 144.25° E
Feb 17 1996 00:00 INDONESIA FARUSI, WARDO, BIAK ISLAND 7.7 0 0.97° S / 135.79° E
Feb 22 1951 00:00 PAPUA NEW GUINEA AITAPE 6.0 0 3.13° S / 142.35° E
Sep 08 2002 18:59 PAPUA NEW GUINEA KAIRIRU ISLAND, VICTORIA BAY 5.5 0 3.33° S / 143.52° E

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)
Start Date(UTC) End Date(UTC) Intensity Size (sq. km.) Mean Lat. Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.          

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years
Maximum Zone
Magnitude IX and above

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years
Maximum Zone (km/hr)
None found for the area chosen.

Demography

Population 2001
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
4,487,446 85,425
Population 2002
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
4,631,264 72,599
Population 2006
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
5,343,986 50,023
Population 2007
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
5,439,640 50,646
Countries
Country
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Major Cities
Country Name Population Status Lat / Long
Indonesia Jayapura 50,000 to 100,000 Provincial capital 2.54° S / 140.72° E
Papua New Guinea Goroka Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 6.09° S / 145.39° E
Papua New Guinea Kerema Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 7.93° S / 145.84° E
Papua New Guinea Kundiawa Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 6.02° S / 144.96° E
Papua New Guinea Madang Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 5.23° S / 145.78° E
Papua New Guinea Mendi Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 6.14° S / 143.65° E
Papua New Guinea Mount Hagen Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 5.86° S / 144.22° E
Papua New Guinea Vanimo Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 2.69° S / 141.3° E
Papua New Guinea Wabag Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 5.49° S / 143.72° E
Papua New Guinea Wewak Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 3.57° S / 143.62° E

Infrastructure

Airports
Name Type Elevation (Ft.) Link Lat / Long
ARU Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00165 6.57° S / 134.15° E
BENJINA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00082 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAPK 6.07° S / 134.27° E
CHIMBU Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 04974 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=AYCH 6.02° S / 144.97° E
GOROKA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 05282 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=AYGA 6.08° S / 145.39° E
KEREMA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00010 7.96° S / 145.77° E
KORNASOREN Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00010 0.94° S / 134.87° E
MENDI Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 05680 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=AYMN 6.15° S / 143.66° E
MOSES KILANGIN Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00103 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WABP 4.53° S / 136.89° E
NABIRE Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00020 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WABI 3.37° S / 135.5° E
RENDANI Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00015 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WASR 0.88° S / 134.05° E
VANIMO Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00010 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=AYVN 2.69° S / 141.3° E
WAMENA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 05085 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAJW 4.1° S / 138.95° E
WAPENAMANDA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 05889 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=AYWD 5.64° S / 143.9° E
FRANS KAISIEPO Active civil airport 00046 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WABB 1.19° S / 136.11° E
MADANG Active civil airport 00020 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=AYMD 5.21° S / 145.79° E
MOUNT HAGEN Active civil airport 05388 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=AYMH 5.83° S / 144.3° E
SENTANI Active civil airport 00289 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAJJ 2.58° S / 140.52° E
WEWAK INTL Active civil airport 00019 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=AYWK 3.58° S / 143.67° E
Nuclear Power Plants
Name Country Number of Reactors Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.      

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Urban 628 0.04
Rural 623,406 35
Not classified 1,155,432 65
MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest 541,834 89
Grasslands 33,753 6
Savannas 15,094 2
Unclassified 6,465 1.1
Woody Savannas 5,971 1
Croplands 2,897 0.5
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest 1,355 0.2
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic 1,470 0.2
Open Shrublands 603 0.1
Mixed Forests 185 0.03
Closed Shrublands 169 0.03
Permanent Wetlands 34 0.01
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated 48 0.01
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest 20 0
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest 10 0
Urban and Built-Up 10 0
Elevation (meters)
(land only)
Minimum Maximum Average
-4 4,650 551
Average Temperature (degrees C)
  Jan Feb Mar
low 20.8 20.8 20.8
high 31.0 30.9 31.1
Average Precipitation
  Jan Feb Mar
mm/day 9.9 10.4 10.7
Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)
Station Name Observation Time (UTC) Temp (F) Wind Speed (MPH) Wind Direction Sky Condition Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.            

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