M 4.7 in Solomon Islands on 09 Dec 2016 04:35 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 1100406
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.8655 , 161.3045
Event Date: 09 Dec 2016 04:35 UTC
09 Dec 2016 15:35 Local
Exposed Population:
About 32604 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Dec 2016 05:22 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007zdu 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: 1198 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Correa dice hay daños materiales y una estudiante golpeada por sismos ... Tue, 13 Dec 2016 04:22:00 +0100.

El presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, señaló hoy que los sismos ocurridos frente a las costas de la provincia de Esmeraldas (noroeste) causaron daños materiales y que una estudiante resultó golpeada. "...Esta mañana Esmeraldas sufrió fu
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Aussie Sphere Solomon Island Earthquake: 7.8 Magnitude, Tsunami Warnin ... Tue, 13 Dec 2016 04:12:00 +0100.

No significant damage reports have been observed following the Solomon Island earthquake that hit the region with 7.8 magnitude on Friday morning. After the Solomon Island earthquake, forecasters issued tsunami warnings for Pacific nations.
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Correa dice hay daños materiales y una estudiante golpeada por sismos ... Tue, 13 Dec 2016 04:04:00 +0100.

El presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, señaló hoy que los sismos ocurridos frente a las costas de la provincia de Esmeraldas (noroeste) causaron daños materiales y que una estudiante resultó golpeada. "...Esta mañana Esmeraldas sufrió fue
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SobredosisTue, 13 Dec 2016 03:46:00 +0100.

Como esos tifones oscuros que vemos en las fotografías que van arrasando todo, volando techos de casas, elevando automóviles. Los llaman tornados y en la Costa “culoepollos” cuando son más pequeños. El huracán del odio nos tiene atados, inm
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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),