M 6 in Solomon Islands on 05 Sep 2012 13:09 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 119340
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 17.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.5097 , 166.497
Event Date: 05 Sep 2012 13:09 UTC
06 Sep 2012 00:09 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1799 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Sep 2012 21:41 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usc000cfqh Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 415 | About casualties: 33 | Last hour: 0

Japan, Canada share hopes for launching FTA negotiationsSun, 09 Sep 2012 12:17:00 +0200.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper have shared their ...
Tepco convocará a expertos externos para examinar el accidente de Fuku ... Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:11:00 +0200.

La operadora de la accidentada central nuclear quiere mejorar la seguridad en sus instalaciones
Peser les océans, ce serait enfin possible... théoriquement !Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:01:00 +0200.

Comment peser les océans ? Une mesure de pression en un seul point de la planète devrait suffire, démontrent des scientifiques. De quoi mieux comprendre... Source : Futura-Sciences - Articles similaires
TEPCO convocará a expertos externos para examinar el accidente de Fuku ... Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:50:00 +0200.

Tokio, 9 sep (EFE).- La operadora de la accidentada central nuclear de Fukushima, Tokyo Electric Power, convocará un panel de expertos ajenos a la empresa para examinar a fondo el accidente en la planta y mejorar la seguridad en sus instala
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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),