M 4.9 in Solomon Islands on 27 Apr 2017 09:31 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 1111364
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 45.65 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.4013 , 161.065
Event Date: 27 Apr 2017 09:31 UTC
27 Apr 2017 20:31 Local
Exposed Population:
About 46000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Apr 2017 09:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008l93 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 563 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Ученые узнали, почему на самом деле возникают цунамиMon, 01 May 2017 08:33:00 +0200.

Москва, 1 мая – Исследователи провели научный эксперимент, благодаря которому узнали, какие факторы на самом деле вызывают такое природное явление как цунами. Об этом информирует издание VistaNews. Сообщается, что природа гигантской океанич
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No chance of tsunami yetMon, 01 May 2017 05:47:00 +0200.

The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies said measurements showed the summit of the underwater volcano was still well below the surface of the sea “for an eruption to likely trigger a tsunami”. As a result it s
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Tembló nuevamente en la madrugada mendocinaMon, 01 May 2017 04:58:00 +0200.

Un leve sismo se sintió durante la madrugada mendocina. Si bien fue leve, la poca profundidad que tuvo hizo que se pudiera percibir. El movimiento ocurrió a la 1.10 del sábado, y tuvo una intensidad de 3.2º Richter. El epicentro estuvo ubic
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Un tsunami causó el primer 'Brexit'Mon, 01 May 2017 01:16:00 +0200.

La ruptura de hace. Por serio que nos pueda parecer el tsunami político desencadenado por la primera ministra del Reino Unido, Theresa May, el inicio del proceso de ‘Brexit’ es muy poquita cosa comparado con el cataclismo geológico que orig
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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),