M 5.9 in Vanuatu on 16 May 2020 03:15 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 1218234
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 165.66 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.0936 , 167.9806
Event Date: 16 May 2020 03:15 UTC
16 May 2020 14:15 Local
Exposed Population: About 86000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 May 2020 16:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70009hnm Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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

Seísmo de magnitud 5,9 sacude el archipiélago de Vanuato en el Pacífic ... Sat, 16 May 2020 07:26:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 5,9 sacudió este miércoles las costas del noreste del archipiélago de Vanuatu, en el Pacífico Sur, sin que haya provocado víctimas ni daños materiales graves. (Foto: EFE. Bangkok, 16 may (EFE).- Un terremoto de mag
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Philippines: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapsh ... Tue, 12 May 2020 11:07:00 +0200.

MYANMAR. Around 4,000 people fled from their homes in Minbya Township in Rakhine State over the past week as clashes between the Myanmar Armed Forces and the Arakan Army continued in Rakhine and southern areas of Chin. Small-scale displacem
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Vanuatu Volcano Alert Bulletin n°3 - Ambrym Activity (April 30th 2020)Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:13:00 +0200.

AMBRYM VOLCANO 1615’00”S 16807’00”E Summit Elevation 4377ft (1334m) Current Vanuatu Volcano Alert Level: Level 1. Ambrym volcano is continuing in the minor unrest state. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 1. The volcano activity at A
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Les déplacements internes n’ont jamais été aussi alarmants qu’aujourd’ ... Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:19:00 +0200.

Les statistiques mondiales sur le déplacement interne n’ont jamais été aussi élevées et alarmantes qu’aujourd’hui. Près de 46 millions de personnes, soit plus du double du nombre de réfugiés dans le monde, sont déplacées à l’intérieur de le
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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),