M 5.1 in Solomon Islands on 21 Feb 2019 10:50 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 1171498
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 40.08 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.1856 , 162.0726
Event Date: 21 Feb 2019 10:50 UTC
21 Feb 2019 21:50 Local
Exposed Population:
About 23000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Feb 2019 11:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000jl2z Scaled population (vector) 4.08  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0.44  
  INFORM_normalised 1.18  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 8 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Hikurangi subduction zone: NZ's most mysterious earthquake faultline r ... Tue, 19 Feb 2019 03:33:00 +0100.

An international team of scientists studying one of NZ's most mysterious, and potentially dangerous, faultlines have discovered water emerging from vents in the seafloor. Secrets of the Hikurangi subduction zone, off Hawke's Bay on the east
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Santa Cruz Island Community Remembers 2013 TsunamiThu, 14 Feb 2019 06:38:00 +0100.

Nea Nemboi to commemorate tragedy with low-key event. HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Solomon Star, Feb. 6, 2014) – One year after a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the Solomon Islands’ eastern-most province of Temotu on 6 February 2013
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HELP ARRIVES IN SOLOMONS FROM PACIFIC REGIONSat, 09 Feb 2019 10:34:00 +0100.

News Release. Department of the Prime Minister Government of the Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands April 5, 2007. While efforts to get emergency relief assistance to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami devastated are being mobi
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Pacific regionWed, 30 Jan 2019 04:25:00 +0100.

Natural disasters ranging from cyclones to floods, droughts and earthquakes frequently occur in the Pacific region. The pacific island countries (including Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Vanuatu) rank amon
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),