M 5.8 in Solomon Is. on 18 Sep 2018 11:57 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 1156975
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.3287 , 157.2172
Event Date: 18 Sep 2018 11:57 UTC
18 Sep 2018 22:57 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
About 76000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2018 12:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
us2000hgcc Scaled population (vector) 1.89  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.18  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 28 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

World: Eighth Pacific Tsunami Drill set for September to November 2018Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:56:00 +0200.

Over 40 countries around the Pacific Rim will participate in a mock tsunami scenario from September to November 2018. The purpose of this exercise is to test country tsunami decision-making procedures and communication systems and processes
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Eighth Pacific Tsunami Drill set for September to November 2018Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0200.

Over 40 countries around the Pacific Rim will participate in a mock tsunami scenario from September to November 2018. The purpose of this exercise is to test country tsunami decision-making procedures and communication systems and processes
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5.8 Earthquake Hits Solomon IslandsWed, 19 Sep 2018 04:39:00 +0200.

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey confirmed. The quake struck about 30 miles east-southeast of Gizo, the capital of the Western Province in the Solomon Islands on Ghizo Isl
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Earthquake of 6 magnitude strikes off Solomon IslandsTue, 18 Sep 2018 14:38:00 +0200.

(Reuters) - A 6.0 magnitude earthquake stuck off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake, first measured at 6.2, was 55 km (32
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),