M 5.1 in Solomon Islands on 23 Jun 2017 15:37 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 1115607
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 72.37 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.343 , 166.8777
Event Date: 23 Jun 2017 15:37 UTC
24 Jun 2017 02:37 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Jun 2017 15:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us20009pa2 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 271 | About casualties: 41 | Last hour: 0

Clinton praises Aceh tsunami recovery effortsTue, 27 Jun 2017 13:51:00 +0200.

Former US president Bill Clinton discussed the "remarkable" tsunami recovery measures in Aceh at a recent gathering while addressing his objections to planned "drastic" cuts in his country's foreign aid budget. Clinton was speaking to allia
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Génération Macron à l'Assemblée: des novices soumis?Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:47:00 +0200.

Certes, ce n'est pas la razzia ou le tsunami que certains sondeurs, un peu i m p r u d e n t s , avaient annoncé. N'empêche, l'objectif qui semblait fou, il y a encore quelques mois, est atteint: Emmanuel Macron va disposer de 308 sièges à
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Police call off search for Greenland tsunami missingTue, 27 Jun 2017 12:22:00 +0200.

Four people are now presumed dead after police called off their search following the landslide and subsequent flood in western Greenland earlier this month, as experts continue to assess the cause of the disaster. Three adults and one chil
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Tsunami in Grönland: Polizei stellt Suche nach Vermissten einTue, 27 Jun 2017 11:52:00 +0200.

Nuuk – Mehr als eine Woche nach einem Tsunami vor der Westküste Grönlands hat die Polizei die Suche nach vier Vermissten aufgegeben. Seit dem 17. Juni hatten Rettungskräfte mit Flugzeugen, Hubschraubern, Schiffen und Booten nach drei Erwach
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),