M 5.8 in Vanuatu on 26 Jul 2016 08:04 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 1090676
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 33.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.0093 , 167.4621
Event Date: 26 Jul 2016 08:04 UTC
26 Jul 2016 19:04 Local
Exposed Population:
107545 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Jul 2016 08:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006hpx Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 403 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

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Här är nattens händelserSat, 30 Jul 2016 07:25:00 +0200.

Blekinge. En 26-årig man i Jämjö anhölls under natten, misstänkt för misshandel. Brottet gäller en misshandel i relation och ska ha skett i torsdags. Mannen greps sedan på fredgen. Polisen är i övrigt förtegen kring händelsen. Annars har re
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Här är nattens händelserSat, 30 Jul 2016 07:19:00 +0200.

Blekinge. En 26-årig man i Jämjö anhölls under natten, misstänkt för misshandel. Brottet gäller en misshandel i relation och ska ha skett i torsdags. Mannen greps sedan på fredgen. Polisen är i övrigt förtegen kring händelsen. Annars har re
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7.7-Magnitude Quake off Northern Marianas, No Tsunami AlertSat, 30 Jul 2016 07:05:00 +0200.

A strong but deep 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific on Saturday, but triggered no tsunami alert, U.S. monitors said. The quake struck at a depth of 132 miles (212 kilometers) at 7:18 am
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),