Overall Green Earthquake in Solomon Islands on 17 Nov 2015 00:23 UTC

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M 4.7 in Solomon Islands on 17 Nov 2015 00:23 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 1072513
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	-10.1444 , 167.2154
Event Date:	17 Nov 2015 00:23 UTC 17 Nov 2015 11:23 Local
Exposed Population:	About 275 people within 100km
Inserted at:	17 Nov 2015 00:45 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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