M 4.9 in Solomon Is. on 02 Aug 2014 11:03 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 1037043
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.93 , 162.28
Event Date: 02 Aug 2014 11:03 UTC
02 Aug 2014 22:03 Local
Exposed Population:
About 24313 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Aug 2014 11:29 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 170 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

No records damaged at Registrar’s OfficeSun, 03 Aug 2014 21:53:00 +0200.

By B. Chen blue@samoanews.com One of the many government offices that got hit hard during the heavy rainfalls this past Tuesday was the Territorial Registrar’s Office in Fagatogo. Territorial Registrar Sam White told Samoa News yesterday th
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At Least 26 Die, Dozens Injured in SW China QuakeSun, 03 Aug 2014 19:58:00 +0200.

"As of 7:10 pm, 26 residents were killed, two were missing, and 79 got injured in Qiaojia County of Zhaotong which was hard hit by the quake," local seismological bureau said, Xinhua reported. The epicenter was monitored at 27.1 degrees Nor
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Terremoto in Cina, 150 morti nel Sud Sisma anche in Papua Nuova Guinea ... Sun, 03 Aug 2014 18:06:00 +0200.

È di almeno 150 morti accertati e diverse devine di feriti il bilancio ancora provvisorio del terremoto di magnitudo 6,5 che oggi ha colpito la provincia sud-occidentale cinese dello Yunnan: lo ha reso noto l’agenzia di stampa ufficiale “Xi
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Terremoto in Cina: 150 morti il primo bilancioSun, 03 Aug 2014 16:50:00 +0200.

PECHINO (CINA), 03 AGOSTO 2014 - L'epicentro è stato nella cittadina di Zhaotong, a sud-ovest della Cina. La profondità delle scosse è stata tale che il terremoto si è fatto sentire con un magnitudo tra il 6,9 e il 6 della scala Richter anc
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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),