M 5 in Vanuatu on 16 Apr 2024 07:56 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 1424362
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 39.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.8908 , 167.9294
Event Date: 16 Apr 2024 07:56 UTC
16 Apr 2024 18:56 Local
Exposed Population:
20 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 16 Apr 2024 08:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mccx Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1090 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 9

ETA reconoce el daño causado «en una declaración solemne y contundente ... 2024-04-20T07:53+0200.

Un paso histórico para unos, una declaración «con carencias» para otros. Nunca serían suficientes para algunos los pasos dados por ETA en su proceso final, ni aun reconociendo el daño causado, tal y como publicó GARA el 20 de abril de 2018,
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Ruang volcano (Sulawesi & Sangihe Islands, Indonesia): explosions cont ... 2024-04-20T07:49+0200.

Although the explosive eruption at the volcano continues, it is at essentially considerably diminished levels. Three explosions have been detected through the surveillance camera over the past 48 hours. Ash-rich columns rose to an altitude
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05:46 Sismo en México: temblor magnitud 4.3 en Loreto2024-04-20T07:49+0200.

El Servicio Sismológico Nacional (SSN) informó sobre un temblor de magnitud 4.3 generado este 19 de abril cerca de Loreto , que ocurrió a las 23:06 horario local (5:06 UTC). Información preliminar señala que el sismo tuvo un epicentro 82 km
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En Indonesia, más de 2 mil personas desplazadas tras erupción volcánic ... 2024-04-20T06:54+0200.

Este viernes, más de 2 mil 100 residentes que habitan en las proximidades de un volcán en actividad en la isla de Célebes, Indonesia, fueron desplazados como medida preventiva ante el riesgo de cenizas, deslizamientos de rocas, la amenaza d
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),