M 4.8 in Solomon Islands on 22 Dec 2014 22:48 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 1045637
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 55.98 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.1452 , 155.8914
Event Date: 22 Dec 2014 22:48 UTC
23 Dec 2014 09:48 Local
Exposed Population:
About 37611 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Dec 2014 23:15 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 527 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

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Les images diffusées par la NASA sont souvent à couper le souffle. C'est aussi le cas de cette vidéo publiée par l'agence américaine cette semaine. On y voit une impressionnante éruption solaire sous divers angles. Ces superbes photos ont
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Infografía: 10 años del tsunami en IndonesiaWed, 24 Dec 2014 15:31:00 +0100.

El 26 de diciembre de 2004 un devastador terremoto sacudió la isla de Sumatra, originando un poderoso tsunami que dejó cerca de 230 mil personas muertas en 15 países del Océano Índico. Miércoles 24 de diciembre de 2014 Publicado por: Ricard
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Überflutungen in AsienWed, 24 Dec 2014 15:30:00 +0100.

"Kuala Lumpur - In Asien sind Hunderttausende Menschen von Überflutungen betroffen. " 24.12.14 | 15:27 Uhr | 1 mal gelesen | So gefunden auf Überflutungen in Asien rhein-zeitung.de Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - In Asien sind Hunderttausende Menschen
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Thailand's Myanmese migrant workers during 2004 TsunamiWed, 24 Dec 2014 15:17:00 +0100.

As Thailand prepares to mark the tenth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, confusion remains about the actual number of casualties. More than four thousand people remain listed as "missing" and many bodies were cremated before DNA samp
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),