M 5.1 in Solomon Islands on 08 Dec 2016 18:23 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 1100356
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 50.12 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.7953 , 161.091
Event Date: 08 Dec 2016 18:23 UTC
09 Dec 2016 05:23 Local
Exposed Population:
About 24793 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2016 23:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007z95 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 615 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:19:00 +0100.

Fakat Hagiuda, görüştükleri Rus yetkililerin, bu hediyenin kabul edilmeyeceğini söylediklerini belirtti. Hagiuda hediyenin reddedilmesinin nedenlerinden ise bahsetmedi. Kabul edilseydi, bu, Japon yetkililerin Putin'e hediye ettiği 2. Akita
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Sismo de magnitud 5 frente a zona afectada por terremoto de abril en E ... Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:14:00 +0100.

Quito, 12 dic (EFE).- Un sismo de magnitud 5 en la escala abierta de Richter se registró hoy frente a las costas de la provincia ecuatoriana de Esmeraldas, en la región costera del país, sin que hasta el momento se haya informado de víctima
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Sismo de magnitud 5.0 sacudió la región costera de Ecuador este lunesMon, 12 Dec 2016 17:11:00 +0100.

(Caracas, 12 de diciembre. Noticias24).- Un sismo de magnitud 5 en la escala abierta de Richter se registró hoy frente a las costas de la provincia ecuatoriana de Esmeraldas, en la región costera del país, sin que hasta el momento se haya i
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Education a casualty of earthquake in Indonesia's AcehMon, 12 Dec 2016 17:09:00 +0100.

"With no schools to go to, there are no places for students to gather together and release their fear" (Repeats to add media code) By Coco Liu. HONG KONG, Dec 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Last week's earthquake in Indonesia's northern
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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),