M 6.5 in Solomon Islands on 19 Jan 2017 23:04 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 1103629
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 29.89 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.3859 , 161.3077
Event Date: 19 Jan 2017 23:04 UTC
20 Jan 2017 10:04 Local
Exposed Population: About 24000 people in MMI
About 55000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Jan 2017 00:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.1 0.1
us10007u7n Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0.1m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
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Latest media headlines

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Gran inversión en 63 proyectos turísticos a nivel nacionalMon, 23 Jan 2017 22:24:00 +0100.

Las distintas alcaldías del país programaron un estimado de mil 600 millones de córdobas de inversión en proyectos turísticos que generarán miles de empleos durante el año 2017. Tenemos "63 proyectos de desarrollo turístico con un estimado
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Gobiernos locales programan mil 600 millones en proyectos turísticosMon, 23 Jan 2017 21:39:00 +0100.

La Vicepresidenta de la República Compañera Rosario Murillo , informó que los gobiernos locales tienen programado un estimado de mil 600 millones de córdobas de inversión en proyectos turísticos que generarán miles de empleos durante el año
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صحف بريطانية عن ترامب: "تسونامي" يدمر حقوق الإنسانMon, 23 Jan 2017 17:27:00 +0100.

اهتمت الصحف البريطانية، الصادرة اليوم، بالرئيس الأمريكي الجديد دونالد ترامب، وتباينت آراؤها ما بين الناقد له والمدافع عنه والمبرر لما قد يشهده العالم من مآسي ناجمة عن رئاسته دولة عظمى كأمريكا. والبادية مع صحيفة (جارديان) البريطانية، التي تو
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Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture keen on beefing up ties with HCM CityMon, 23 Jan 2017 16:17:00 +0100.

HCM City (VNA) – Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture hopes to foster connectivity and partnership with Ho Chi Minh City in areas of the prefecture’s strength, including agriculture, aquaculture and education, said a representative of the locality. Ka
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),