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Solomon Islands - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2007.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2007


Overview

No of events: 12
No of people killed: 158
Average killed per year: 6
No of people affected: 273,949
Average affected per year: 10,537
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 20,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 769


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.08
Earthquake*: 0.08
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.31
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1986 150,000
Storm 1993 88,500
Storm 1982 30,000
Earthquake* 2007 2,384
Storm 2002 1,110
Storm 1985 650
Earthquake* 1988 500
Drought 1998 380
Storm 2003 275
Storm 2003 150

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Storm 1986 101
Earthquake* 2007 52
Storm 1993 4
Earthquake* 1988 1
Storm 1982 0
Storm 1985 0
Storm 1992 0
Drought 1997 0
Drought 1998 0
Storm 2002 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1986 20,000
Storm 1982 0
Storm 1985 0
Earthquake* 1988 0
Storm 1992 0
Storm 1993 0
Drought 1997 0
Drought 1998 0
Storm 2002 0
Storm 2003 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 26.50
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 13.13
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 190.00
Earthquake*: 1,442.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 33,835.63
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 2,500.00
Wildfire: ...


Statistics By Disasters Type





*: Including tsunami


More information and data on: www.emdat.be/

Source of data: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Bel."
Data version: v11.08

Data displayed does not imply national endorsement