M 5.3 in Solomon Islands on 31 Aug 2023 19:33 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 1389414
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 25.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -9.8129 , 160.2073
Event Date: 31 Aug 2023 19:33 UTC
01 Sep 2023 06:33 Local
Exposed Population:
4 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 31 Aug 2023 19:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Solomon Is.)

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(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ksgy Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

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Seismic station: Honiara, Solomon Islands (HNR/IU network) | Distance from quake: 65 km / 41 mi | Show on map Station Info Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arr
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5.3-magnitude quake hits 50 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands: USGS 8/31/2023 11:56:00 PM.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 50 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands at 19:33:43 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 25.9 km, was initially determined t
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5.3-magnitude quake hits 50 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands: USGS 8/31/2023 11:55:00 PM.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 50 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands at 19:33:43 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 25.9 km, was initially determined t
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),