2013-02-05 Tsunami in Solomon on 05 February, 2013

Emergency Obs. Request Information

  • Disaster Type: Tsunami
  • Country: Solomon
  • Occurrence Date (UTC):
  • SA activation Date(UTC): 05 February, 2013
  • Requester: The ASEAN Secretariat
  • Escalation to the International Charter:
  • GLIDE Number:

Disaster Situation

At 23.12 05 Feb, a 8.0 magnitude undersea earthquake occurred 33km West-Southwest of the Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomon Islands and generated a destructive tsunami.

Satellite Image

 Before Disaster

 JAXA 

2007-11-25

ALOS AVNIR2, P671 F3820 A0.0, Nov 25, 2007

2010-02-13

ALOS Pan-sharpen, P670 F3815 A0.0, Feb 13, 2010

2010-02-13

ALOS Pan-sharpen, P670 F3820 A0.0, Feb 13, 2010