M 4.6 in Solomon Is. on 13 Apr 2016 21:40 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 1084320
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 73.28 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.1982 , 161.1095
Event Date: 13 Apr 2016 21:40 UTC
14 Apr 2016 08:40 Local
Exposed Population:
About 91961 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Apr 2016 22:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
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: 1412 | About casualties: 153 | Last hour: 0

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QUITO . Un violento terremoto di magnitudo 7,8 ha colpito la zona costiera centrale dell'Ecuador, a circa 170 chilometri dalla capitale Quito. Il servizio geologico degli Stati Uniti ha comunicato che il terremoto ha avuto il suo epicentro
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Equateur: violent séisme de magnitude 7,8, au moins 41 mortsSun, 17 Apr 2016 08:19:00 +0200.

Un violent séisme de magnitude 7,8 a secoué samedi soir la côté pacifique de l'Equateur, faisant au moins 41 morts ainsi que d'importants dégâts dans plusieurs provinces du pays, et l'état d'exception a été décrété dans tout le pays. "Malhe
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Equateur: violent séisme de magnitude 7,8, au moins 41 mortsSun, 17 Apr 2016 08:19:00 +0200.

"Malheureusement, l'information que nous avons à cette heure est qu'il y a 41 citoyens qui ont perdu la vie (...) Ce chiffre va augmenter dans les prochaines heures", a annoncé le vice-président Jorge Glas à la radio et à la télévision, en
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Earthquake kills 41 in Ecuador; death toll expected to riseSun, 17 Apr 2016 08:18:00 +0200.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) " The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along the country's coast, killing at least 41 people and causing damage hundreds of miles (kilometers) away from the epicente
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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),