M 5.8 in Vanuatu on 28 Mar 2020 17:48 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 1211831
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 84 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.779 , 168.2964
Event Date: 28 Mar 2020 17:48 UTC
29 Mar 2020 04:48 Local
Exposed Population: About 2000 people in MMI
About 86000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Mar 2020 20:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70008hwi Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 10 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Emergency TelecommunicationsWed, 25 Mar 2020 04:36:00 +0100.

Population growth, rapid urbanization and climate change are contributing to a growing number of communities and people around the world becoming more vulnerable to extreme weather events and natural disasters that pose risks of death, dest
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Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake hits off Vanuatu Coast in South Pacific - USG ... Thu, 19 Mar 2020 05:24:00 +0100.

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Coronavirus latest: Japan reports biggest one-day spike - DW (English)Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:59:00 +0100.

07:30 "Saying we will close all the borders and then the virus will pass us by won't work," German Health Minister Jens Spahn told German broadcaster Deutschlandfunk . "The virus is here in Germany, this is the reality we must get used to."
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Coronavirus latest: Germany rules out border closuresWed, 11 Mar 2020 09:16:00 +0100.

Cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in every EU member state; 341 new cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2) were reported in Germany on Tuesday; Austria and Slovenia have closed their borders with Italy to prevent the spread of th
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),