M 6.9 in Vanuatu from 03 Mar 2012 12:19 UTC to 12:19

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 115235
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 33 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.314 , 170.186
Event Date: 03 Mar 2012 12:19 UTC
03 Mar 2012 23:19 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Mar 2012 12:28 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 1 0.5
usb0008age Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.05m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Giappone, un anno fa il sisma e il disastro di Fukushima 3/7/2012 12:11:00 PM.

11 marzo 2011. La terra trema e il mare si solleva. Il Giappone precipita nella tragedia. A un anno dal terremoto e dallo tsunami che hanno ucciso 20mila persone, distrutto la centrale atomica di Fukushima e messo in ginocchio il sistema en
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Aos poucos, Japão volta a atrair turistas estrangeiros 3/7/2012 12:08:00 PM.

A alta temporada para o turismo no Japão está prestes a começar, com as flores de cerejeira, símbolo do país, já dando sinais de que logo irão desabrochar. O governo japonês trabalha a todo vapor para atrair os turistas, mas o setor ainda n
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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 (81), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),