M 5.2 in Solomon Islands on 31 Jul 2020 17:06 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 1228350
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 403.75 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.513 , 156.8067
Event Date: 31 Jul 2020 17:06 UTC
01 Aug 2020 04:06 Local
Exposed Population:
About 82000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Jul 2020 17:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000b7ib Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 4 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

When gunshots ring out at prayer ... - August Town children under stre ... Fri, 17 Jul 2020 08:21:00 +0200.

The ongoing violence in the community of August Town has often interrupted the education of students, and with the COVID-19 pandemic, that plight has only worsened. Principal of August Town Primary School Jennifer Solomon said teachers and
...(more)
Solomon Islands travel adviceThu, 16 Jul 2020 12:09:00 +0200.

As of 21 March, most non-essential staff and dependents in the British High Commission Honiara have been relocated to Australia, where they continue to deliver critical work including consular assistance, and remotely supporting core staff
...(more)
Solomon Islands travel adviceMon, 06 Jul 2020 17:51:00 +0200.

Effective from 10 June, there are new arrangements in place for passengers arriving into Solomon Islands on the (very) limited number of Solomon Airlines charter flights. See Entry requirements All international flights in and out of the co
...(more)
Earthquake With Magnitude 5.2 Strikes Near Honiara, Solomon IslandsSat, 04 Jul 2020 06:05:00 +0200.

Honiara, Solomon Islands: An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 was reported near Honiara, Solomon Islands on Saturday morning, according to India's National Center for Seismology. The epicentre of the earthquake was 583 km west (W) of Honiara, So
...(more)

View more news

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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),