M 5.6 in Solomon Islands on 04 Aug 2020 16:31 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 1228875
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 70 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.5914 , 166.6011
Event Date: 04 Aug 2020 16:31 UTC
05 Aug 2020 03:31 Local
Exposed Population: About 900 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Aug 2020 18:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000b993 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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

5 August 2020 - Strong Earthquake in Vanuatu Islands on 5 August 2020 ... Thu, 06 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0200.

JABATAN METEOROLOGI MALAYSIA KEMENTERIAN ALAM SEKITAR DAN AIR JALAN SULTAN Telefon : 603-7967 8000 46667 PETALING JAYA Faksimili : 603-7957 8052 SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN E-mel : seismo@met.gov.my MALAYSIA Laman Web : www.met.gov.my JMM/POCGN(O)
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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
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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
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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
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),