M 5.9 in Solomon Islands on 13 Jan 2018 11:24 UTC
EQ parameters
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: 5.9M
Depth: 23.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.1957 , 163.0205
Event Date: 13 Jan 2018 11:24 UTC
13 Jan 2018 22:24 Local
Exposed Population: About 3000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000cj9r
Inserted at: 13 Jan 2018 11:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000cj9r Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1194157 0 13 Jan 2018 11:24 5.9M, 23.5km 3.96 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 3600 people
75 km 1100 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Solomon Is. Solomon Islands 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
Santa Ana NNB unknown 0 73 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Cape Surville Soloman Islands 81 km

More information

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