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Tsunami - April 2007, Solomon Islands

Submitted by Tina Hyde on Mon, 02/04/2007 - 23:03. Tsunamis – Earthquakes – Gizo

Start date: 02/04/2007

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Solomon Islands

Lat/Long: -8.453000/156.957000

Glide number: TS-2007-000042-SLB

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A powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands on Monday, prompting a tsunami alert across the Pacific Ocean in countries such as Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

The tsunami struck the Solomon Islands particularly affecting the town of Gizo on the island of Ghizo¹. The 4 to 5 m tsunami also resulted in deaths and damage to the islands of Simbo, Choiseul and Ranunga. Approximately 85 percent of the Solomon Islands' 500,000 population live in rural areas, and the western province - where the disaster occurred - is one of the most remote parts of the country².

¹ BBC News. 2007. Aid reaches tsunami-hit Solomons
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6520461.stm

² BBC News. 2007. Gizo at centre of tsunami fears
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6517885.stm

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Event overview table

No. Deaths	39
No. Injured
No. Affected	7,000
Houses destroyed	900
Houses damaged
Other damage	- Water tanks - Infrastructure - Churches
Economic cost

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