M 5.5 in Solomon Islands on 09 Dec 2016 09:10 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 1100422
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 41.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.7465 , 161.4528
Event Date: 09 Dec 2016 09:10 UTC
09 Dec 2016 20:10 Local
Exposed Population: About 39000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Dec 2016 09:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007zfj 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1069 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

84,000 people displaced by Indonesia earthquakeTue, 13 Dec 2016 08:31:00 +0100.

JAKARTA: The number of people left homeless after an earthquake struck western Indonesia has soared to nearly 84,000, leaving authorities struggling to care for the victims, an official said Tuesday. The shallow quake last week killed more
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84,000 people displaced by Indonesia earthquake: officialTue, 13 Dec 2016 08:29:00 +0100.

Acehnese displaced people queue for their meal at a shelter after 6.5 Magnitude earthquake in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province on December 12, 2016. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after a devastating earthquake in Indonesia killed
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84,000 people displaced by Indonesia earthquakeTue, 13 Dec 2016 08:20:00 +0100.

A boy carrying an aid package leaves a temporary shelter at a mosque following this week's strong earthquake in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia December 10, 2016. — Reuters pic JAKARTA, Dec 13 — The number of people left home
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Supermoons Are Super DumbTue, 13 Dec 2016 07:13:00 +0100.

While so-called supermoons are indeed bigger and brighter than the average full moon, the difference is barely even worth noting. Considering that there's nothing to compare the moon to when it's up in the sky, a slight difference in size w
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),