M 4.7 in Vanuatu on 15 Dec 2016 17:39 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 1100966
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 123.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.9092 , 169.9012
Event Date: 15 Dec 2016 17:39 UTC
16 Dec 2016 04:39 Local
Exposed Population:
About 765 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2016 18:22 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us2000812q Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1447 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

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Varios terremotos sacuden la costa norte en EcuadorMon, 19 Dec 2016 17:20:00 +0100.

Quito, 19 dic (EFE).- Varios terremotos sacudieron hoy la provincia de Esmeraldas, en la costa norte de Ecuador, de los cuales el más potente tuvo una magnitud de 5,8 grados en la escala de Richter, sin que el por momento se haya informado
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Earthquake in Esmeraldas is linked to earthquake of April 16: director ... Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:16:00 +0100.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),