M 4.9 in Solomon Is. on 07 May 2016 17:30 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 1085890
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 58.39 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.677 , 166.4618
Event Date: 07 May 2016 17:30 UTC
08 May 2016 04:30 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5784 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 May 2016 18:15 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: 257 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

DERGİ Dünya'ya göktaşı çarpması nasıl engellenecek?Wed, 11 May 2016 17:28:00 +0200.

Jesse Emspak. BBC Future. Uzayda dolaşan göktaşlarının Dünya'ya çarpması halinde gezegenimiz büyük bir felakete uğrayabilir. Böyle bir durumu engellemek için ne gibi hazırlıklar yapılıyor? Düşünün ki bir göktaşının Dünya'ya çarpacak şekilde
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Kempa o rządach PO-PSL: Tsunami niegospodarnościWed, 11 May 2016 17:28:00 +0200.

Tsunami niegospodarności - tak funkcjonowanie kancelarii premiera za rządów PO-PSL nazwała w Sejmie szefowa KPRM Beata Kempa. Jak mówiła, zespół ds. wyjaśniania przyczyn katastrofy smoleńskiej kosztował 265 tys. zł. Według niej wydatki ukry
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DERGİ - Dünya'ya göktaşı çarpması nasıl engellenecek?Wed, 11 May 2016 17:11:00 +0200.

Image copyright Getty. Paylaş Uzayda dolaşan göktaşlarının Dünya'ya çarpması halinde gezegenimiz büyük bir felakete uğrayabilir. Böyle bir durumu engellemek için ne gibi hazırlıklar yapılıyor? Düşünün ki bir göktaşının Dünya’ya çarpacak şe
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Piracy or Mercenary?Wed, 11 May 2016 16:41:00 +0200.

Mystery still surrounds the oil tanker which appeared on the coast of Liberia last week. It is not certain where the crew members are, neither is it known how the vessel sailed into Liberian waters and made its way on the coast. What could
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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),