M 6.5 in Solomon Islands on 08 Dec 2016 21:56 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 1100376
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 14.69 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.8273 , 161.3042
Event Date: 08 Dec 2016 21:56 UTC
09 Dec 2016 08:56 Local
Exposed Population: About 2000 people in MMI
About 32000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2016 23:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.1 0.1
us20007zbn Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.16m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 441 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

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3:24 Tres sismos estremecen región costera de EcuadorMon, 12 Dec 2016 21:33:00 +0100.

12 de diciembre de 2016, 15:24 Quito, 12 dic (PL) En menos de dos horas tres sismos se registraron hoy en la provincia de Esmeraldas, una de las más golpeadas por el terremoto de magnitud 7,8 que devastó la región costera ecuatoriana en abr
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Indonesia: Indonesia: Aceh Earthquake - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA ... Mon, 12 Dec 2016 21:10:00 +0100.

A. Situation analysis. Description of the disaster. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Pidie Jaya Regency, province of Aceh in Sumatra Island, Indonesia, around 05:00h local time, on Wednesday 7 December 2016, killing at least 100 people
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),