M 6.8 in Solomon Islands on 20 May 2015 22:48 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 1055396
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 12 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.8886 , 164.1581
Event Date: 20 May 2015 22:48 UTC
21 May 2015 09:48 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 May 2015 23:55 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.2 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.16m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes off Solomon Islands -USGS 5/23/2015 12:59:00 AM.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck close to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, just days after the archipelago was hit by another strong earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Friday. The quake, initially reported as a
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Exposed population

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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),