M 4.8 in Solomon Is. on 10 Feb 2013 09:21 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 122611
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 9.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.8533 , 165.784
Event Date: 10 Feb 2013 09:21 UTC
10 Feb 2013 20:21 Local
Exposed Population:
About 21000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Feb 2013 09:46 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000f4v9 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

Supply gaps being filled in aftermath of Solomons tsunami. 2/14/2013 8:57:00 AM.

Posted at 07:21 on 14 February, 2013 UTC. World Vision Solomon Islands says the disaster relief effort underway in Temotu province following last week’s deadly tsunami will step up a gear with the arrival of a supply ship in two days’ time.
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Le "tsunami féministe" d'Eve Ensler contre les violence faites aux fem.. 2/14/2013 8:45:00 AM.

L'auteur des Monologues du Vagin organise un événement mondial inédit ce jeudi 14 février, pour protester contre les violences faites aux femmes. Son arme: la danse.
Unnamed donor sends 10 mil. yen worth of gold ingots to Miyagi fish ma.. 2/14/2013 8:11:00 AM.

Two gold ingots worth around 10 million yen in total have been sent to a fish market in the disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, by an unnamed donor, market officials said Thursday. The ingots -- 11 centimeters long, 5 cm wid
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Alerta: un meteorito acecha 2/14/2013 7:58:00 AM.

El asteroide 2012 DA14 rozará este viernes la Tierra. No hay peligro, dado que cruzará el cielo a unos 27.700 kilómetros de distancia. Solo podrían estar en riesgo los satélites artificiales que transitan por la órbita exterior, 8.300 kilóm
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),