M 5.1 in Solomon Islands on 20 Oct 2021 06:38 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 1291165
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 205.22 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.8553 , 166.8466
Event Date: 20 Oct 2021 06:38 UTC
20 Oct 2021 17:38 Local
Exposed Population:
4 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2021 06:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000fw20 Scaled population (vector) 3.85  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0.44  
  INFORM_normalised 1.18  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 19 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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(Di sabato 16 ottobre 2021) Tre persone sono morte e altre sette sono rimaste ferite a causa di un terremoto di magnitudo 4.8 che ha colpito oggi l'isola di Bali , in Indonesia. Lo ha reso noto la Protezione civile del Paese. La ... : Verg
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Solomon Islands - Earthquake ( GDACS, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash o ... 2021-10-15T11:58+0200.

An earthquake of 6.4 M at a depth of 23 km occurred on 15 October at 2.44 UTC (13.44 local time) offshore between the Islands of Nggatokae and Pavuvu (Solomon Islands). The epicentre was located 85 km southeast of Yandina Town (Pavuvu Islan
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Séismes sous-marin dans le centre des îles Salomon2021-10-15T10:12+0200.

Un tremblement de terre fort et peu profond de magnitude 6,4 a été enregistré par l' USGS dans les Îles Salomon à 02h44 UTC. L'agence fait état d'une profondeur de 22,6 km . L'épicentre était situé à 147 km au WSW de Buala (population 2 700
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Terremoto oggi Forlì-Cesena M 2.6/ Ingv ultime notizie, trema anche la ... 2021-10-15T09:39+0200.

Facciamo il punto sulle scosse di che si sono verificate oggi in Italia, facendo affidamento sul portale dell’Ingv , l’istituto nazionale di geofisica e vulcanologia. I sismografi hanno rivelato nelle scorse ore una scossa in Emilia Romagna
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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),