M 5.5 in Solomon Islands on 02 Jan 2020 13:41 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 1200473
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 31.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -9.6555 , 159.919
Event Date: 02 Jan 2020 13:41 UTC
03 Jan 2020 00:41 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
220000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Jan 2020 13:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70006tjm Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.18  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 8 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Solomon Islands travel adviceFri, 03 Jan 2020 12:52:00 +0100.

All travellers, with effect from 28 December 2019, will be required to complete a Travellers Health Declaration Card on arrival. You may also be required to provide proof of vaccination against measles if travelling from some countries. See
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Solomon Islands travel adviceFri, 27 Dec 2019 17:16:00 +0100.

From 28 December 2019, to enter Solomon Islands you will need to show proof of vaccination against measles if you have travelled from or via Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga and the Philippines. From 20 January 202
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Hagia SophiaFri, 27 Dec 2019 08:15:00 +0100.

composed an extant poetic ekphrasis , probably for the rededication of 563 , which followed the collapse of the main dome. Hagia Sophia is one of the greatest surviving examples of Byzantine architecture . Of great artistic value was its de
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TSUNAMI: remembering...Thu, 26 Dec 2019 21:20:00 +0100.

Yesterday (26) marked the 15th anniversary of the devastating tsunami which was triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake which occurred off the coast of Sumatra. The earthquake is said to have discharged an energy equivalent to 23,000 Hirosh
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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),