Solomon Islands: Tsunami: 2007/04/02

Period	2007/04/02
Country or District	Solomon Islands
Event Type	Tsunami
Outline	On April 02, 2007, at least three people were reported to have died in the Solomon Islands following a powerful earthquake (Magnitude 8.1).

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Report/Articles

ReutersAlertNet 2007/04/02
A powerful earthquake and tsunami struck the tiny Solomon Islands on April 2, swallowing entire villages and killing at least 12 people with many more missing.

ReutersAlertNet 2007/04/04
The U.N. office for humanitarian affairs in Geneva, OCHA, cited the Nation Disaster Council in the Solomons in putting the death toll at 34, with several dozen missing.

ReutersAlertNet 2007/04/02
The Solomon Islands declared a state of emergency after an earthquake and a tsunami struck, flattening villages causing widespread panic and killing at least 20 people with the toll expected to rise.

ReutersAlertNet 2007/04/02
Sixty buildings may have collapsed in Solomons-Kyodo

ReutersAlertNet 2007/04/02
Three dead after Pacific Ocean earthquake-NHK TV

CNN News 2007/04/03
At least 28 people died in Monday's tsunami and quake, measured at a magnitude of 8.1 by the U.S. Geological Survey.

ReutersAlertNet 2007/04/03
Humanitarian crisis threatens tsunami-hit Solomons

Reliefweb (OCHA): 2007/04/03
In Gizo Town, the provincial capital, the local Solomon Islands Red Cross said that at least 13 people had been reported dead on Gizo. Around 2,000 people (about 10% of the population) were made homeless, and there has been widespread damage to infrastructure.

ReutersAlertNet 2007/04/06
At least 34 are known to have died but the death toll is expected to rise sharply with up to 100 people still missing.

Reliefweb (OCHA): 2007/04/12
Solomons tsunami emergency phase declared over:

Reliefweb (OCHA): 2007/04/06
Solomons death toll could pass 100

Geographycal Data

The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS): 2007/04/02

USGS: 2007/04/02

Reuters Alertnet (Map): 2007/04/02
Solomon Islands tsunami damage: