M 5.6 in Southeast Of Loyalty Islands on 29 Mar 2020 18:19 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 1211948
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.3862 , 169.4617
Event Date: 29 Mar 2020 18:19 UTC
30 Mar 2020 05:19 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Mar 2020 18:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70008ide Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 104 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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Idaho 6.5-magnitude earthquake shakes some CalgariansWed, 01 Apr 2020 19:23:00 +0200.

Many Calgarians who reported feeling the earthquake were in apartment or condo buildings. Almoonir Dewji felt the shakes from his 20th-floor downtown west-end apartment. “I felt my floor swaying and thought it odd that the wind would be so
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Earthquake shakes Boise with 6.5 magnitude that could be Idaho's secon ... Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:33:00 +0200.

BOISE, Idaho — An earthquake shook the Boise area about 5:53 p.m. Mountain Daylight time on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The shaking was reported to last for 20 to 30 seconds, with a small pause. U.S. Geological Survey
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Strong Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Hits Idaho for First Time in 50 YearsWed, 01 Apr 2020 13:00:00 +0200.

"During evening rush hour, at roughly 5:52 p.m. local time, a large earthquake struck about 72 miles northeast of Boise," a statement from the USGS said. "Perceived shaking for the quake was very strong. The event was widely felt, with clos
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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),