M 5 in Solomon Islands on 13 Dec 2016 15:50 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 1100802
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 28.72 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.5421 , 161.1675
Event Date: 13 Dec 2016 15:50 UTC
14 Dec 2016 02:50 Local
Exposed Population:
About 34716 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Dec 2016 17:07 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200080ga 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1117 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

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7.9-magnitude quake hits PNG, tsunami threat overSat, 17 Dec 2016 15:47:00 +0100.

The quake struck 60 km to the east of Taron, New Ireland, at 8.51 pm local time (1051 GMT) and was originally recorded at 8.0-magititude © AFP/File / Nicolas Asfouri. By Sydney, Australia, Dec 17 – A major 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck of
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Tsunamidreiging Nieuw-Guinea gewekenSat, 17 Dec 2016 15:47:00 +0100.

Het oosten van Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea - even ten noorden van Australië - is vanmorgen getroffen door een aardbeving met een magnitude van 7,9 op de schaal van Richter. Inwoners van de kustgebieden vluchtten naar hogere gebieden uit angst voor
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Alerta de tsunami tras sismo de 7,9 cerca de Papúa Nueva GuineaSat, 17 Dec 2016 15:47:00 +0100.

Sidney.- AFP Un terremoto de magnitud a 7,9 cerca de Papúa Nueva Guinea activó este sábado una alerta de tsunami para varias islas del Pacífico occidental, anunció el Centro de Alerta de Tsunami del Pacífico (PTWC, por sus siglas en inglés)
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),