M 7.8 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.6 m) in Solomon Islands on 08 Dec 2016 17:38 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1100349
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.8M
Depth: 41 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.6648 , 161.3347
Event Date: 08 Dec 2016 17:38 UTC
09 Dec 2016 04:38 Local
Exposed Population: About 29000 people in MMI
30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2016 18:27 UTC
Maximum Wave Height observed: 0.12 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 1.3 1.3
us20007z80 Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 1.63m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

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Las autoridades elevan a 84.000 los desplazados por el terremoto en In ... Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:21:00 +0100.

Cerca de 84.000 personas se encuentran sin hogar en la provincia indonesia de Aceh tras el terremoto de magnitud 6,5 que sacudió el pasado miércoles esta región y causó un centenar de muertos, informaron hoy fuentes oficiales. La Agencia Na
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Yeni Zelanda'da Denizden 'Canavar' ÇıktıMon, 12 Dec 2016 12:15:00 +0100.

Yeni Zelanda'da geçtiğimiz ay meydana gelen 7.8 büyüklüğündeki deprem sonrası denizden ilginç bir cisim çıktı. GERÇEK SONRADAN ORTAYA ÇIKTI. Yeni Zelanda'nın Büyük Okyanus'a bağlı Tasman Denizi kıyısındaki Muriwai Sahili'nde denizden devasa
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Nesvakidašnji prizor: 'Tsunami' se valja morem kod RovanjskeMon, 12 Dec 2016 12:13:00 +0100.

Nesvakidašnji prizor u Rovanjskoj u blizini Zadra. Dora iz tog mjesta na svom je Facebook profilu objavila fotografiju uzburkanog mora uz status: - Dobro jutro, sveopće pučanstvo, dolazi nam tsunami! Budite smireni i nastavite odmarati. "Ts
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Autoridades elevan a 84 mil los desplazados por último terremoto en In ... Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:42:00 +0100.

BANGKOK.- Cerca de 84.000 personas se encuentran sin hogar en la provincia indonesia de Aceh tras el terremoto de magnitud 6,5 que sacudió el pasado miércoles esta región y causó un centenar de muertos, informaron hoy fuentes oficiales. La
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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.
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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),