M 5.6 in Vanuatu on 16 Sep 2020 08:44 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 1235588
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 118.79 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.3257 , 171.4996
Event Date: 16 Sep 2020 08:44 UTC
16 Sep 2020 19:44 Local
Exposed Population: Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Sep 2020 08:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000bnvp Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 25 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

VANUATU TERREMOTO - Un seísmo de magnitud 5,9 golpea la zona central d ... Sat, 12 Sep 2020 13:05:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 5,9 en la escala Richter se sintió este sábado en aguas de la zona central del archipiélago de Vanuatu, en el Pacífico Sur, sin que se haya emitido por el momento una alerta de tsunami. El Servicio Geológico de Esta
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Tres sismos de hasta magnitud 6.2 sacuden archipiélago de Vanuatu, en ... Mon, 07 Sep 2020 10:02:00 +0200.

Tres terremotos de magnitud entre 5 y 6.2 sacudieron este lunes el mar en la zona central del archipiélago de Vanuatu, en el Pacífico Sur, sin que se haya emitido por el momento una alerta de tsunami. El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos
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Vanuatu hit by 5.7 magnitude quake - EMSCMon, 07 Sep 2020 09:57:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 has struck Vanuatu this evening, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre says. An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 has struck Vanuatu on 7 September evening. Photo: European Mediterranean Seismological Cen
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes Vanuatu - EMSC Earthquake of magni ... Mon, 07 Sep 2020 09:51:00 +0200.

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The EMSC earlier said the magnitude was 6.6. The quake had a depth of 10 km (6.2
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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),