M 6.8 in Solomon Islands on 08 Feb 2013 11:12 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 122529
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 18 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.9039 , 165.896
Event Date: 08 Feb 2013 11:12 UTC
08 Feb 2013 22:12 Local
Exposed Population:
About 20149 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Feb 2013 12:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.3 0.5
usc000f3x8 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      
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Japón reanuda la búsqueda de algunos desaparecidos por el tsunami de 2.. 2/12/2013 10:28:00 AM.

TOKIO 12 (EUROPA PRESS) La Policía ha reanudado la búsqueda de algunos de los desaparecidos a causa del terremoto y del tsunami que el 11 de marzo de 2011 azotaron la costa nororiental de Japón, según ha informado la televisión pública NHK.
La Policía reanuda la búsqueda de algunos de los desaparecidos por el .. 2/12/2013 9:22:00 AM.

La Policía ha reanudado la búsqueda de algunos de los desaparecidos a causa del terremoto y del tsunami que el 11 de marzo de 2011 azotaron la costa nororiental de Japón, según ha informado la televisión pública NHK.
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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),