M 4.7 in Solomon Islands on 04 Feb 2017 04:12 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 1104751
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 33.85 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.3925 , 161.0208
Event Date: 04 Feb 2017 04:12 UTC
04 Feb 2017 15:12 Local
Exposed Population:
About 44000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Feb 2017 04:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008hlj Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 359 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Solomon Islands main hospital using container for morgueWed, 08 Feb 2017 03:18:00 +0100.

The National Referral Hospital in Honiara in Solomon Islands is to use a container as a temporary morgue. The Minister of Health and Medical Services, Dr Teutai Kaitu'u, told parliament when answering a question from the MP for Small Malait
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Sismo de 6,3 sacudió el sur de PakistánWed, 08 Feb 2017 01:42:00 +0100.

El epicentro del terremoto se encuentra a solo 10 kilómetros de profundidad. | Foto: earthquake.usgs.gov El SHOA informó que a pesar que el epicentro se registró en el borde costero de Turbat, no existe peligro de tsunami para las costas c
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BREAKING: Massive earthquake strikes 'ISIS-linked province' on Pakista ... Wed, 08 Feb 2017 01:09:00 +0100.

GETTY Siobhan McFadyen & Aletha Adu An earthquake has struck a town in Pakistan sparking tsunami fears The epicentre of the tremendous tremor shook the city of Turban, within Balochistan, the province described as a breeding ground for extr
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BREAKING: Huge 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Pakistan sparking tsun ... Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:53:00 +0100.

GETTY Siobhan McFadyen An earthquake has struck a town in Pakistan sparking tsunami fears Around 79,000 people are belived to live in the city of Turbat, located in southern Balochistan, a province of Pakistan. The town is said to be approx
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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),