M 6.8 in Vanuatu from 02 Mar 2023 18:04 UTC to 18:04

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1362791
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 33 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.503 , 166.27
Event Date: 02 Mar 2023 18:04 UTC
03 Mar 2023 05:04 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 02 Mar 2023 18:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 Tsunami GDACS score
PTWC 0 0.1 0.1
pt23061000 Scaled population (vector) 0.3 Max wave alert 0.17m  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.17m  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.12      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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

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MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: REMARKS: Statement by Forum Chair on Vanuatu cyclone.. 3/6/2023 10:10:00 AM.

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Vanuatu: dichiarato lo stato di emergenza 3/4/2023 9:24:00 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 (91), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),