M 4.6 in Solomon Islands on 16 Dec 2016 09:17 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 1101012
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -9.952 , 160.7543
Event Date: 16 Dec 2016 09:17 UTC
16 Dec 2016 20:17 Local
Exposed Population:
131903 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Dec 2016 13:46 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008195 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 6,7, înregistrat în Insulele Solomon 12/20/2016 8:26:00 AM.

Foto: earthquake.usgs.gov. B1.ro Mar?i, 20 decembrie a fost înregistrat un cutremur cu magnitudinea 6,7 în Insulele Solomon, Oceanul Pacific, potrivit Potrivit Centrului de alerta pentru tsunami din Pacific, în urma cutremurului nu a urm
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No damage expected from Solomon Islands earthquake 12/20/2016 8:25:00 AM.

SYDNEY, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Pacific is still feeling the ramifications of a large earthquake two weeks ago after a 6.7 magnitude aftershock shook the Solomon Islands on Tuesday. The region has been suffering aftershocks since the 7.8 ma
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Cutremur de 6,7 pe Richter, mar?i diminea?a, în Insulele Solomon 12/20/2016 8:24:00 AM.

Un cutremur de 6,7 grade pe Richter a avut loc, mar?i, în largul Insulelor Solomon, din Oceanul Pacific, potrivit Institutului american de geofizica (USGS), citat de Reuters, informeaza Potrivit Centrului de alerta pentru tsunami din Pacifi
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Cutremur cu magnitudinea de 6,7 în largul Insulelor Solomon 12/20/2016 8:24:00 AM.

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 6,7 a fost înregistrat mar?i în largul Insulelor Solomon, din Oceanul Pacific, a informat Institutul american de geofizica (USGS), preluat de Reuters. Potrivit Centrului de alerta pentru tsunami din Pacific (P
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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 (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),