M 6.1 in Solomon Is. on 05 Jun 2013 04:47 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 1000087
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 64.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.4079 , 166.2648
Event Date: 05 Jun 2013 04:47 UTC
05 Jun 2013 15:47 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Jun 2013 07:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Quakes jolt Philippines, Taiwan 6/2/2013 10:15:00 AM.

A series of earthquakes has jolted Taiwan, the southern Philippines and ocean depths off the Solomon Islands. At least nine Filipinos were hurt as they slept.
5.5-magnitude quake off Solomon Islands 6/2/2013 5:19:00 AM.

SYDNEY : A 5.5-magnitude quake struck in a remote area off the Solomon Islands early Sunday.
5.5-Magnitude Quake off Solomon Islands 6/1/2013 8:50:00 PM.

A 5.5-magnitude quake struck in a remote area off the Solomon Islands early Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor, at a depth of 70 kilometers (43 miles), struck in the Solomon Sea at 3:32 am local time (17:32 GMT Saturday) abo
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Solomon Islands: Teachers train to respond when disaster strikes 5/23/2013 8:15:00 PM.

Source: Caritas Australia Country: Solomon Islands The Vanuatu Daily Post reports on valuable disaster preparedness work Caritas Australia is supporting in the Solomon Islands. Twenty Teachers from kindergartens around Efate, Solomon Island
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),