M 6 in Solomon Islands on 20 Aug 2019 13:03 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 1187246
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 44.97 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.344 , 166.3242
Event Date: 20 Aug 2019 13:03 UTC
21 Aug 2019 00:03 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
About 23000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Aug 2019 14:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us600057ee Scaled population (vector) 0  
  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
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 4 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Large earthquake strikes between Vanuatu, Solomon Islands 49 minutes a ... Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:53:00 +0200.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck north of the archipelago of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) says. There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties from the quake, which the agency said
...(more)
Solomon Islands Struck By 6.6 Earthquake Near HoniaraMon, 19 Aug 2019 00:33:00 +0200.

No tsunami threat issued as residents shaken during the night. By Moffat Mamu. HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Solomon Star, July 26, 2012) – A powerful earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck close to Honiara last night causing pani
...(more)
Panamá ¿un escenario preparado para enfrentar un tsunami?Sat, 03 Aug 2019 07:06:00 +0200.

Cada vez que ocurre un movimiento telúrico de gran magnitud en el mundo, en los países vecinos o en Panamá, inmediatamente se produce una alerta de tsunami. Esa serie de olas generadas por el levantamiento de una gran cantidad de agua, azot
...(more)
31 July 2019 -Strong Earthquake in Vanuatu Islands on 31 July 2019 at ... Thu, 01 Aug 2019 05:30:00 +0200.

JMM/POCGN(O)/BK-23B Ruj. Kami: JMM.APL15/756/22/07 Jld.16(20) PRESS RELEASE Strong Earthquake in Vanuatu Islands A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale occurred near Vanuatu Islands at 11:02pm (Malaysian Local Time) on 31
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),