M 4.7 in Solomon Islands on 09 Dec 2016 05:30 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 1100408
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 18.31 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.8858 , 161.2319
Event Date: 09 Dec 2016 05:30 UTC
09 Dec 2016 16:30 Local
Exposed Population:
About 27788 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Dec 2016 06:19 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007ze7 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: 1164 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Solomon Islands scrambles to reach areas hit by second major quakeTue, 13 Dec 2016 05:17:00 +0100.

The Solomon Islands plans to dispatch emergency supplies to areas affected by a 6.9 magnitude aftershock on Saturday, a day after a much larger tremor triggered a tsunami warning that send hundreds of coastal people fleeing into the hills.
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10:36 Reportan decena de sismos en provincia ecuatoriana de EsmeraldasTue, 13 Dec 2016 05:05:00 +0100.

12 de diciembre de 2016, 22:36 Quito, 12 dic (PL) Autoridades del Instituto Geofísico de Ecuador confirmaron que hoy se registraron una decena de sismos en la municipalidad de Atacames, provincia costera de Esmeraldas. El Informe Sísmico E
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Sismo de magnitud 5 frente a zona afectada por terremoto de abril en E ... Tue, 13 Dec 2016 05:01:00 +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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Sismo de magnitud 5 sacudió la región costera de EcuadorTue, 13 Dec 2016 04:58:00 +0100.

Fecha 12/12/2016 11:46:00 a.m. Un sismo de magnitud 5 en la escala abierta de Richter se registró 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 ví
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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),