M 4.9 in Solomon Is. on 20 Jul 2016 11:04 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 1090316
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 80.73 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.6129 , 166.2857
Event Date: 20 Jul 2016 11:04 UTC
20 Jul 2016 22:04 Local
Exposed Population:
About 10691 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Jul 2016 11:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us20006g3r 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: 234 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Pévèle: victimes des inondations: certains devront s’armer de patienceSun, 24 Jul 2016 09:32:00 +0200.

Plus d’un mois et demi après avoir subi un véritable « tsunami » dans son habitation, Gaëtan et sa famille n’ont toujours pas pu réintégrer leur logement à Baisieux. Ils sont pour l’instant hébergés dans un gîte payé par leur assurance. Ils
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Giappone, terremoto di magnitudo 5.3Sun, 24 Jul 2016 09:05:00 +0200.

- terremoto in regione Tokyo : 7.16 Un terremoto di magnitudo 5 si è verificato nella regione di Tokyo ,ma non ci sono notizie di feriti o di danni. Lo riferisce il Centro meteorologico Giappone se precisando che non c'è nessuna allerta tsu
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Pévèle: victimes des inondations: certains devront s'armer de patienceSun, 24 Jul 2016 08:40:00 +0200.

Un peu plus d’un mois après les inondations qui ont frappé la Pévèle, les victimes attendent les indemnisations, une procédure qui sera facilitée par le classement en état de catastrophe naturelle pour quatorze communes de la Pévèle. Plus d
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Boswil Hilfswerk im Bürgerkriegsland: Dieser Boswiler bildet seit 10 J ... Sun, 24 Jul 2016 08:14:00 +0200.

Alles begann mit dem Tsunami, der 2004 in Sri Lanka grosse Zerstörung hinterliess. Eine Hilfslieferung mit rund acht Tonnen Kleidern und anderem Material musste vor Ort transportiert werden. Der Boswiler Reinhard Strickler übernahm die Tran
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),