M 5.3 in Solomon Islands on 15 Dec 2016 22:23 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 1100981
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -9.9259 , 160.5101
Event Date: 15 Dec 2016 22:23 UTC
16 Dec 2016 09:23 Local
Exposed Population:
201756 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2016 22:43 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000815j 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: 1516 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Dos muertos dejan sismos de hasta 5,8 grados en EcuadorMon, 19 Dec 2016 22:04:00 +0100.

. Dos muertos y seis heridos dejaron al menos 27 sismos de hasta 5,8 grados de magnitud que sacudieron la madrugada del lunes una región costera de Ecuador fronteriza con Colombia, que ya fuera golpeada por un letal terremoto en abril pasa
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Schilddrüsenkrebs bei Fukushima-Arbeitern anerkanntMon, 19 Dec 2016 21:52:00 +0100.

Tokio. Zum ersten Mal wurde in Japan bei einem Arbeiter im havarierten Kernkraftwerk Fukushima Daiichi Schilddrüsenkrebs als Folge seiner Arbeit dort anerkannt, wie die japanische Presseagentur Jiji berichtete. Damit hat er ein Anrecht auf
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Ecuador: Un fallecido, 5 edificios colapsados y daños a viviendas dejó ... Mon, 19 Dec 2016 21:39:00 +0100.

Una persona de edad avanzada falleció, 5 edificaciones colapsaron totalmente, 15 edificios afectados y más de 15 viviendas con daños es el balance provisional de los sismos que sacudieron la madrugada de este 19 de diciembre del 2016 la pro
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Ecuador quake, aftershocks leave two dead, serious damageMon, 19 Dec 2016 21:38:00 +0100.

QUITO (AFP) - A 5.8-magnitude earthquake followed by more than 20 aftershocks rattled Ecuador's Pacific coast before dawn Monday (Dec 19), causing two deaths and heavy damage to hotels and homes in resort towns, officials said. The northwes
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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),