M 5.5 in Solomon Is. on 17 Oct 2018 00:57 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 1159230
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.6074 , 166.2476
Event Date: 17 Oct 2018 00:57 UTC
17 Oct 2018 11:57 Local
Exposed Population: About 7000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Oct 2018 01:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000hd5b Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.18  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 39 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Solomon IslandsThu, 18 Oct 2018 09:14:00 +0200.

10 Apr 2014 21:09 GMT Fears Solomon Islands death toll could rise There are concerns over an outbreak of disease following floods that have left at least 21 people dead. 05 Apr 2014 08:00 GMT Solomon Islands floods death toll rises At leas
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Pacific regionMon, 15 Oct 2018 18:45:00 +0200.

The Pacific Region is frequently hit by natural disasters ranging from cyclones, floods, droughts to earthquakes. Pacific island countries including Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Vanuatu, rank among the h
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‘We Will Not Give Up.’ Aid Workers in Indonesia Try to Reunite Hundred ... Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:24:00 +0200.

7:59 AM EDT. Feliz Solomon / Palu & Jakarta As Indonesian authorities halt their search for bodies and begin the long recovery from a devastating earthquake and tsunami, humanitarian workers warn that around 300 children who survived the ca
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Earthquake of magnitude 7 hits Papua New Guinea: USGSThu, 11 Oct 2018 07:41:00 +0200.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck remote New Britain island in Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, though there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit about 200 km (125 miles) southwest of the
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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),