M 4.7 in Solomon Islands on 21 Apr 2018 18:07 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 1140930
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 15.39 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.8326 , 165.2902
Event Date: 21 Apr 2018 18:07 UTC
22 Apr 2018 05:07 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Apr 2018 18:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000dpz7 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: 28 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Scramble to reach tsunami-hit villages in SolomonsMon, 09 Apr 2018 15:08:00 +0200.

07 февраля 2013, 16:47. Disaster relief agencies were scrambling Thursday to reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon Islands, warning the death toll following a powerful 8.0-magnitude quake is likely to rise, reports. AFP Officials said
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New diplomat more...Mon, 02 Apr 2018 01:55:00 +0200.

New diplomat. Vanuatu has appointed John Licht as its new ambassador to the European Union and Belgium. Mr Licht officially signed his contract at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, according to the Daily Post. Bar licence. A Samoan
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People in PNG's East New Britain woken by big quakeSat, 31 Mar 2018 04:30:00 +0200.

People in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain have been woken early this morning by a magnitude-6.9 earthquake. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake was centred on land at a depth of ten kilometres in Pomio district, 144 kilomet
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Strong quake hits Papua New Guinea, tsunami threat overFri, 30 Mar 2018 14:31:00 +0200.

A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the New Britain island of Papua New Guinea on Friday, US seismologists said, but a tsunami threat from the tremor was over. The quake struck at 5:25 pm local time (2125 GMT) about 162 kilometres fr
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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),