M 4.7 in Solomon Islands on 27 Jun 2014 23:30 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 1035102
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.3949 , 155.0439
Event Date: 27 Jun 2014 23:30 UTC
28 Jun 2014 09:30 Local
Exposed Population:
106923 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Jun 2014 00:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 169 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Terremoto de 6,9 na escala Richter é registrado nas Ilhas Sandwich do ... Sun, 29 Jun 2014 14:22:00 +0200.

Apesar da magnitude do terremoto, o Centro de Alerta de Tsunami do Pacífico disse que não havia ameaça de tsunami Washington - Um poderoso terremoto de 6,9 graus na escala Richter sacudiu neste domingo (29/6) o extremo sul do Oceano Atlânt
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Séisme de magnitude 6,9 dans l'AtlantiqueSun, 29 Jun 2014 14:09:00 +0200.

Un puissant séisme de magnitude 6,9 a eu lieu dimanche dans l'extrême sud de l'Océan atlantique près des îles Sandwich du Sud, territoire britannique proche de l'Antarctique, a annoncé l'Institut américain de géophysique (USGS).
Extinct undersea volcanoes behind tsunami quakesSun, 29 Jun 2014 13:58:00 +0200.

Tsunami earthquakes may be caused by extinct undersea volcanoes causing a "sticking point" between tectonic plates when one plate slides under another, says a new research. The findings have ...
Terremoto de 6,9 de magnitud cerca de las islas Sandwich del SurSun, 29 Jun 2014 13:55:00 +0200.

Un potente terremoto de 6,9 de magnitud sacudió este domingo el extremo sur del océano Atlántico, cerca de las remotas e inhóspitas islas Sandwich del Sur, informó el instituto geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS).

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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),