M 5.1 in Solomon Islands on 08 Dec 2016 19:15 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 1100360
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 35.58 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.499 , 161.2868
Event Date: 08 Dec 2016 19:15 UTC
09 Dec 2016 06:15 Local
Exposed Population:
About 43469 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2016 19:43 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007za4 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: 1704 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

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Jornadas matutina y vespertina de los cantones: Esmeraldas, Atacames y Muisne no tendrán clases hoy Una serie de sismos sacudieron este lunes la ciudad de Atacames en la provincia de Esmeraldas. Alexandra Alvarado, Directora del Instituto G
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Education a Casualty of Earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh, Aid Agencies S ... Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:26:00 +0100.

HONG KONG — Last week's earthquake in Indonesia's northern province of Aceh damaged dozens of schools, undermining children's ability to recover from the trauma of the disaster, aid groups said. Wednesday's 6.5 magnitude earthquake, which t
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Sismo de magnitud 5 frente a zona afectada por terremoto de abril en E ... Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:09:00 +0100.

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

Quito, 12 dic (EFE).- Un terremoto de 5 grados en la escala abierta de Richter se registró hoy frente a las costas de la provincia ecuatoriana de Esmeraldas, sin que hasta el momento se haya informado de víctimas o daños materiales. Según e
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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),