Overall Green Earthquake in Solomon Islands on 11 Apr 2014 19:06 UTC

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M 4.8 in Solomon Islands on 11 Apr 2014 19:06 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 1029548
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.8M
Depth:	11.06 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.9581 , 154.9399
Event Date:	11 Apr 2014 19:06 UTC 12 Apr 2014 05:06 Local
Exposed Population:	About 30264 people within 100km
Inserted at:	12 Apr 2014 18:02 UTC

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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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M7.7 earthquake strikes off Solomon Islands 4/13/2014 3:37:00 PM.

WASHINGTON, April 13 (Xinhua) -- A magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck off Solomon Islands at 1236 GMT Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, at a depth of 19.8 km, is located 114 km south of Kirakira.

7.5-magnitude quake hits sea off Solomon Islands: CENC 4/13/2014 3:37:00 PM.

BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- A 7.5-magnitude earthquake jolted the sea off Solomon Islands at 8:36 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 11.5 degrees south lati

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7.8-magnitude quake hits near Solomon Islands: CENC 4/13/2014 1:16:00 AM.

BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- A 7.8-magnitude earthquake jolted near Solomon Islands at 4:14 a.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a depth of 30.0 km, was monitored at 11.3 d

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