M 5 in Solomon Islands on 08 Dec 2016 18:52 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 1100357
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 33.76 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.6216 , 161.3658
Event Date: 08 Dec 2016 18:52 UTC
09 Dec 2016 05:52 Local
Exposed Population:
About 34712 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2016 23:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007z9k 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 550 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Se registra un sismo de cinco grados frente a la zona afectada por el ... Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:30:00 +0100.

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Articulo completo Sismo de magnitud 5 se sintió en EcuadorMon, 12 Dec 2016 17:30:00 +0100.

Un sismo de magnitud 5 en la escala abierta de Richter se registró este lunes 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 víctimas o daños mater
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Education a casualty of earthquake in Indonesia's AcehMon, 12 Dec 2016 17:27:00 +0100.

HONG KONG: Last week's earthquake in Indonesia's northern province of Aceh damaged dozens of schools, undermining children's ability to recovery from the trauma of the disaster, aid groups said. Wednesday's 6.5 magnitude earthquake, which t
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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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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),