Overall Green Earthquake alert in Solomon Islands on 09 Dec 2016 19:10 UTC

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M 6.9 in Solomon Islands on 09 Dec 2016 19:10 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 1100475
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.9M
Depth:	20.59 Km
Lat/Lon:	-10.7298 , 161.107
Event Date:	09 Dec 2016 19:10 UTC 10 Dec 2016 06:10 Local
Exposed Population:	About 25000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	09 Dec 2016 20:39 UTC
Maximum Wave Height observed:	0.05 m

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.2		0.5
us20007zlq	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0.24m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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