Overall Green Earthquake alert in Solomon Islands on 27 Mar 2023 22:19 UTC

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M 6.1 in Solomon Islands on 27 Mar 2023 22:19 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.1M
Depth:	85.976 Km
Lat/Lon:	-8.2105 , 158.9268
Event Date:	27 Mar 2023 22:19 UTC 28 Mar 2023 09:19 Local
Exposed Population:	10 thousand in MMI V
Source:	NEIC us6000k05c
Inserted at:	27 Mar 2023 22:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000k05c	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1497695		0	27 Mar 2023 22:19	6.1M, 85.976km	5.08	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:16	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Solomon Islands , of Solomon Is. (population 886) . The nearest places are Dadale, Samasodu Point, Dedeu, Hurepelo, Litoghahira, Bolitei, Tuarugu, Filuo, Ghoveo, Kologhodu, and Fupukuna.

Radius	Population
100 km	31000 people
75 km	16000 people
50 km	4400 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands	<1000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dadale	Solomon Islands	Village	-	23 km
Samasodu Point	Solomon Islands	Village	-	24 km
Dedeu	Solomon Islands	Village	-	29 km
Hurepelo	Solomon Islands	Village	-	32 km
Litoghahira	Solomon Islands	Village	-	36 km
Bolitei	Solomon Islands	Village	-	42 km
Tuarugu	Solomon Islands	Village	-	45 km
Filuo	Solomon Islands	Village	-	56 km
Ghoveo	Solomon Islands	Village	-	56 km
Kologhodu	Solomon Islands	Village	-	57 km
Biluro	Solomon Islands	Village	-	57 km
Zuzuao Point	Solomon Islands	Village	-	61 km
Susubona	Solomon Islands	Village	-	65 km
Domu	Solomon Islands	Village	-	69 km
Fupukuna	Solomon Islands	Village	-	69 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Barora	RRI	unknown				0	89 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Allardyce Harbour	SBALB	Soloman Islands	55 km
Gojoruru Point		Soloman Islands	67 km
Pipisala Bay		Soloman Islands	90 km

More information

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