M 4.8 in Solomon Islands on 09 Dec 2016 22:34 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 1100489
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 21.06 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.6107 , 160.8741
Event Date: 09 Dec 2016 22:34 UTC
10 Dec 2016 09:34 Local
Exposed Population:
About 25223 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Dec 2016 23:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007znw Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 797 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

More aid needed for Aceh earthquake survivorsTue, 13 Dec 2016 22:05:00 +0100.

JAKARTA • The number of people left homeless after an earthquake struck western Indonesia has soared to nearly 84,000, leaving the authorities struggling to care for the victims, an official said yesterday. The shallow quake last week kille
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People help themselves in south ChennaiTue, 13 Dec 2016 22:01:00 +0100.

A day after cyclone Vardah ravaged the city, residents are coming to terms with the devastation caused. In most areas, police, residents and Corporation and forest officials are involved in clearing the road for vehicular traffic. Electric
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Russia: Down boy! Putin?s security dog startles Japanese mediaTue, 13 Dec 2016 21:34:00 +0100.

Russian President Vladimir Putin brought his Japanese Akita breed dog, Yume, with him to an interview with representatives from the Japanese Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) and Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, in Moscow, Tuesday
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[VIDEO] Cómo los terremotos han sacudido la Tierra en los últimos 15 a ... Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:10:00 +0100.

En 2004 un sismo de magnitud 9,1 en la escala de Richter dio pie a un devastador tsunami que arrasó la línea costera del océano Índico y se cobró unas 230.000 vidas. Y 2010 fue un año particularmente trágico para la región. En Haití un terr
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),