Overall Green Earthquake alert in Solomon Islands on 20 Sep 2016 00:05 UTC

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M 4.9 in Solomon Islands on 20 Sep 2016 00:05 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This is a preliminary assessment. The final GDACS Alert Level has been/will be published using more detailed information.

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:	73.29 Km
Lat/Lon:	-10.9632 , 162.4938
Event Date:	20 Sep 2016 00:05 UTC 20 Sep 2016 11:05 Local
Exposed Population:	About 23733 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006qy5
Inserted at:	20 Sep 2016 00:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
us10006qy5	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1140436		n.a	20 Sep 2016 00:05	4.9M, 73.29km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:28	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 Solomon Islands , of Solomon Is. (population 366,000) . The nearest places are Ragapu, Nafinotoga, Santa Ana I, Ghupuna, Fageifa, Mami, Star Harb, Geta, Funakumwa, and Mwarairaru.

Radius	Population
100 km	24000 people
75 km	17000 people
50 km	10000 people
20 km	1500 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	370000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ragapu	Solomon Islands	Village	-	10 km
Nafinotoga	Solomon Islands	Village	-	13 km
Santa Ana I	Solomon Islands	Village	-	13 km
Ghupuna	Solomon Islands	Village	-	14 km
Fageifa	Solomon Islands	Village	-	21 km
Mami	Solomon Islands	Village	-	22 km
Star Harb	Solomon Islands	Village	-	25 km
Geta	Solomon Islands	Village	-	26 km
Funakumwa	Solomon Islands	Village	-	29 km
Mwarairaru	Solomon Islands	Village	-	31 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
Santa Ana	NNB	unknown				0	13 km
Kirakira	IRA	2				0	86 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Cape Surville		Soloman Islands	20 km
Kira Kira		Soloman Islands	86 km

More information

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