M 6.5 in Solomon Is. on 09 Sep 2018 19:31 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 1156248
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 64.54 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.0083 , 161.533
Event Date: 09 Sep 2018 19:31 UTC
10 Sep 2018 06:31 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
About 82000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Sep 2018 20:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us2000hbk9 Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.18      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 25 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Fuerte sismo de 6,5 grados sacude islas SalomónMon, 10 Sep 2018 16:38:00 +0200.

El Servicio Geológico de los Estados Unidos ( USGS ) informó que se ha registrado un sismo de magnitud 6,5 en **islas Salomón **sin que se informara de desgracias personales o daños materiales. El sismo habría tenido una profundidad de 54
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Strong quake hits near New Zealand but no tsunami threatMon, 10 Sep 2018 14:14:00 +0200.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A strong but deep earthquake has struck near New Zealand but didn’t immediately cause damage or injuries and a tsunami wasn’t expected. The magnitude 6.9 quake struck Monday in the Kermadec Islands region abou
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Strong quake hits near New Zealand but no tsunami threatMon, 10 Sep 2018 08:45:00 +0200.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A strong but deep earthquake has struck near New Zealand but didn’t immediately cause damage or injuries and a tsunami wasn’t expected. The magnitude 6.9 quake struck Monday in the Kermadec Islands region abou
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Strong quake hits near New Zealand but no tsunami threatMon, 10 Sep 2018 08:23:00 +0200.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A strong but deep earthquake has struck near New Zealand but didn't immediately cause damage or injuries and a tsunami wasn't expected. The magnitude 6.9 quake struck Monday in the Kermadec Islands region abou
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),