M 5.3 in Vanuatu on 15 Dec 2015 13:29 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 1075921
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 24.99 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.6372 , 167.2412
Event Date: 15 Dec 2015 13:29 UTC
16 Dec 2015 00:29 Local
Exposed Population:
About 69429 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2015 16:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits near Vanuatu 12/19/2015 4:49:00 AM.

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Earthquake reported off Vanuatu island chain 12/19/2015 3:47:00 AM.

. An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 has struck north east of the Vanuatu chain of islands, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake had a depth of 10km, the USGS said.
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),