M 5.7 in Solomon Islands from 28 Jul 2008 21:40 UTC to 21:37

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 68.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.5664 , 163.047
Event Date: 28 Jul 2008 21:37 UTC
29 Jul 2008 08:37 Local
Exposed Population:
About 9441 people within 100km
Source: NEIC at00728105
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2008 22:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
at00728105 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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
43262 0 28 Jul 2008 21:37 6.1M, 41km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:13 NEIC
43263 0 28 Jul 2008 21:37 5.6M, 69km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 00:13 NEIC
43264 n.a 28 Jul 2008 21:41 5.6M, 144km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 00:14 NEIC
43265 0 28 Jul 2008 21:37 5.5M, 51km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 00:23 NEIC
43266 0 28 Jul 2008 21:40 6.1M, 52.8km N/A 7 thousand (in 100km) 00:25 NEIC
43267 0 28 Jul 2008 21:37 5.7M, 68.1km N/A 9 thousand (in 100km) 00:29 NEIC
43268 0 28 Jul 2008 21:40 5.7M, 10km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 00:25 NEIC
43269 0 28 Jul 2008 21:37 5.9M, 10km N/A 2 thousand (in 100km) 06:58 NEIC
43272 0 28 Jul 2008 21:37 5.9M, 60km N/A 9 thousand (in 100km) 09:34 NEIC
43274 0 28 Jul 2008 21:40 5.6M, 24km N/A 8 thousand (in 100km) 09:40 NEIC
43280 0 28 Jul 2008 21:40 5.8M, 33km N/A 8 thousand (in 100km) 11:01 NEIC
43301 0 28 Jul 2008 21:40 6M, 10km N/A 7 thousand (in 100km) 19:35 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Solomon Islands , of Solomon Is. (population 366,000) .

Radius Population
100 km <1000 people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Solomon Is. Solomon Islands 370000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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