M 7.6 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.2 m) in Solomon Islands on 12 Apr 2014 20:14 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1029553
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.6M
Depth: 29.31 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.3149 , 162.2114
Event Date: 12 Apr 2014 20:14 UTC
13 Apr 2014 07:14 Local
Exposed Population:
20 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2014 20:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 1.1 1.1
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 1.25m  
  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

Articles: 595 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Two strong earthquakes raise tsunami fears in Solomon IslandsSun, 13 Apr 2014 16:16:00 +0200.

Two strong earthquakes struck the Solomon Islands today, triggering a tsunami warning, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Zweet staarkt Äerdbiewen op de Salomonen-InselenSun, 13 Apr 2014 16:15:00 +0200.

No engem éischte staarke Biewen e Sonndeg de Moien op de Salomonen-Inselen am Pazifik gouf, huet de Buedem eng weider Kéier gewackelt.
Trzęsienie ziemi na Pacyfiku. 7,5 stopnia. Zagrożenie tsunamiSun, 13 Apr 2014 16:14:00 +0200.

Potężne trzęsienie ziemi o magnitudzie 7,5 stopnia wystąpiło w rejonie Wysp Salomona na Oceanie Spokojnym. Wydano ostrzeżenie przed tsunami - poinformowały amerykańskie służby geosejsmiczne USGS.
Znów potężne trzęsienie ziemi koło wysp SalomonaSun, 13 Apr 2014 16:14:00 +0200.

Silne trzęsienie ziemi ponownie nawiedziło Wyspy Salomona na Oceanie Spokojnym. Wstrząs miał siłę 7,5 stopnia w skali Richtera.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (81), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),