Overall Green Earthquake alert in Solomon Islands on 10 Aug 2015 04:12 UTC

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M 6.6 in Solomon Islands on 10 Aug 2015 04:12 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:	6.6M
Depth:	15 Km
Lat/Lon:	-9.3208 , 158.0092
Event Date:	10 Aug 2015 04:12 UTC 10 Aug 2015 15:12 Local
Exposed Population:	About 31000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	10 Aug 2015 23:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake	Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0	0.1		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	Max wave realtime	0.11m
	C2 earthquake
	Country Vulnerability
	INFORM_normalised

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1091544	0.5	10 Aug 2015 04:12	6.6M, 10km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:09)	00:06	GEOFON
1091545	0.2	10 Aug 2015 04:12	6.9M, 10km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	0.3m (at 00:09)	00:08	NTWC
1091556	0.2	10 Aug 2015 04:12	6.9M, 10km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:08)	00:20	NEIC
1091588	0.5	10 Aug 2015 04:12	6.7M, 10km	5.36	30 thousand (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:10)	05:11	NEIC
1091674	0.5	10 Aug 2015 04:12	6.6M, 15km	5.36	30 thousand (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:09)	19:24	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 1,353) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	<1000 people
	6400 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1091674	-9.321/158.009	6.6	15	5.36	17 Oct 2016 10:43	434d 06:31	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	1400 people
	Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	34000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Saira	Solomon Islands	Village	-	63 km
Nineveh	Solomon Islands	Village	-	69 km
Halisi	Solomon Islands	Village	-	71 km
Seghe	Solomon Islands	Village	-	83 km
Mbareho	Solomon Islands	Village	-	86 km
Mbuinitusu	Solomon Islands	Village	-	93 km
Tetemara	Solomon Islands	Village	-	96 km
Vanikuva	Solomon Islands	Village	-	109 km
Harai	Solomon Islands	Village	-	112 km
Au	Solomon Islands	Village	-	112 km
Judaea	Solomon Islands	Village	-	112 km
Mburuku	Solomon Islands	Village	-	119 km
Eghelo	Solomon Islands	Village	-	122 km
Hofovo	Solomon Islands	Village	-	123 km
Hapai	Solomon Islands	Village	-	124 km
Canaan	Solomon Islands	Village	-	131 km
Mbiula	Solomon Islands	Village	-	134 km
Ilangana	Solomon Islands	Village	-	135 km
Kokenggolo	Solomon Islands	Village	-	138 km
Yandina	Solomon Islands	Village	-	139 km
Mbanga	Solomon Islands	Village	-	143 km
Hovoro	Solomon Islands	Village	-	144 km
Mandou	Solomon Islands	Village	-	147 km
Kukudu	Solomon Islands	Village	-	151 km
Mbarasipo	Solomon Islands	Village	-	153 km
Vona Vona I	Solomon Islands	Village	-	160 km
Mbomboe	Solomon Islands	Village	-	163 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)	Distance
Sege	EGM	3	85 km
Viru	QVU	unknown	98 km
Yandina	XYA	unknown	136 km
Munda	MUA	3	137 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Viru Harbour	SBVIU	Soloman Islands	95 km
Pipisala Bay		Soloman Islands	129 km
Yandina	SBXYA	Soloman Islands	134 km
Port Noro	SBNOR	Soloman Islands	151 km

More information

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