M 6.6 in Solomon Islands on 07 Feb 2013 18:59 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 122495
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.001 , 165.658
Event Date: 07 Feb 2013 18:59 UTC
08 Feb 2013 05:59 Local
Exposed Population:
About 16753 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Feb 2013 19:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.3 0.5
usc000f3fx Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.29m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Replica seismica cu magnitudinea de 6.6 în insulele Solomon. 2/11/2013 6:22:00 PM.

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 6.6 s-a produs in noaptea de joi spre vineri in insulele Solomon, informeaza Mediafax. Cutremurul a avut loc dupa o serie de replici care au urmat seismului cu magnitudinea 8 ce a afectat aceste arhipelag din
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Chad ratifies Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 2/11/2013 6:15:00 PM.

APA-Vienna, (Austria) Chad has become the latest country to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), becoming the 159th state to do so. In a statement issued here Monday, the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission
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Tsunami alert system urged 2/11/2013 5:58:00 PM.

SEN. Frank B. Aguon Jr. has issued a letter to Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense Director Pedro Leon Guerrero encouraging the agency to work closely with the Legislature on completing all requirements for full implementation of
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Magnitude 8 earthquake strikes Solomon Islands 2/11/2013 5:50:00 PM.

Richard Arculus of the Australian National University in Canberra, who visited the area recently, say it is seismically "particularly active, but you don't hear much about it because it is ...

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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 (82), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),