Overall Green Earthquake in Solomon Islands on 14 Feb 2012 08:19 UTC

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M 6.4 in Solomon Islands on 14 Feb 2012 08:19 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 114848
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.4M
Depth:	54.7 Km
Lat/Lon:	-10.387 , 161.262
Event Date:	14 Feb 2012 08:19 UTC 14 Feb 2012 19:19 Local
Exposed Population:	About 55255 people within 100km
Inserted at:	14 Feb 2012 10:13 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
usb000803b	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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