M 7.1 in Vanuatu on 07 Dec 2023 12:56 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 1404543
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.1M
Depth: 48.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.6585 , 169.2064
Event Date: 07 Dec 2023 12:56 UTC
07 Dec 2023 23:56 Local
Exposed Population: 30 thousand in MMI&>=V
Inserted at: 07 Dec 2023 13:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)
Maximum Wave Height observed: 0.08 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.2 0.2
us7000lgwp Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0.24m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.24m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.12      
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (92), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),