M 5.5 in Solomon Islands on 18 Mar 2016 12:49 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1082740
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 42.26 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.4869 , 166.5309
Event Date: 18 Mar 2016 12:49 UTC
18 Mar 2016 23:49 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1803 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Mar 2016 13:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 348 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Brüssel: Facebook schaltet "Sicherheitscheck" nach Brüsseler Anschläge ... Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:35:00 +0100.

Facebook hat nach den Explosionen in Brüssel seinen "Sicherheitscheck" eingeschaltet, über den Nutzer Freunden mitteilen können, dass sie in Sicherheit sind. Der Service war unter anderem nach den Terroranschlägen in Paris im vergangenen No
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Brüssel: LiveBlog: Offenbar mindestens 28 Tote bei Anschlägen in Brüss ... Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:35:00 +0100.

Mindestens 28 Menschen sollen bei den Terroranschlägen am Flughafen und in der Metro von Brüssel ums Leben gekommen sein. | Foto: dpa/Screenshot Twitter @alxdm. Mindestens 28 Menschen sollen bei den Terroranschlägen am Flughafen und in der
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Facebook Safety Check Activated In Wake Of Brussels Airport, Metro Exp ... Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:33:00 +0100.

Facebook activated its Safety Check service Tuesday to allow those in Brussels to inform friends and family that they are safe following explosions in the Belgian capital’s airport and subway stations which have left many dead. On Tuesday m
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Facebook schaltet «Sicherheitscheck» nach Brüsseler Anschlägen anTue, 22 Mar 2016 12:28:00 +0100.

Brüssel (dpa). Facebook hat nach den Explosionen in Brüssel seinen «Sicherheitscheck» eingeschaltet, über den Nutzer Freunden mitteilen können, dass sie in Sicherheit sind. Der Service war unter anderem nach den Terroranschlägen in Paris im
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),