Overall Green Earthquake alert in Solomon Islands on 12 May 2017 05:39 UTC

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M 5.1 in Solomon Islands on 12 May 2017 05:39 UTC

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:	5.1M
Depth:	54.04 Km
Lat/Lon:	-7.8533 , 159.6111
Event Date:	12 May 2017 05:39 UTC 12 May 2017 16:39 Local
Exposed Population:	About 22000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008rs7
Inserted at:	12 May 2017 06:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10008rs7	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1167530		0	12 May 2017 05:39	5.1M, 54.04km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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) . The nearest places are Ghoveo, Fupukuna, Buala, Kimage, Kologhodu, Domu, Saua, Biluro, Tuarugu, Susubona, and Bolitei.

Radius	Population
100 km	23000 people
75 km	19000 people
50 km	7600 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
Northern Solomons	Papua New Guinea	130000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ghoveo	Solomon Islands	Village	-	29 km
Fupukuna	Solomon Islands	Village	-	32 km
Buala	Solomon Islands	Village	2700 people	34 km
Kimage	Solomon Islands	Village	-	41 km
Kologhodu	Solomon Islands	Village	-	42 km
Domu	Solomon Islands	Village	-	43 km
Saua	Solomon Islands	Village	-	52 km
Biluro	Solomon Islands	Village	-	52 km
Tuarugu	Solomon Islands	Village	-	53 km
Susubona	Solomon Islands	Village	-	53 km
Hurepelo	Solomon Islands	Village	-	57 km
Loalonga	Solomon Islands	Village	-	58 km
Kava	Solomon Islands	Village	-	58 km
Veranaue	Solomon Islands	Village	-	59 km
Sidu	Solomon Islands	Village	-	61 km
Dadale	Solomon Islands	Village	-	62 km
Tatamba	Solomon Islands	Village	-	64 km
Bolitei	Solomon Islands	Village	-	66 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Gojoruru Point		Soloman Islands	27 km

More information

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