M 6.4 in Vanuatu on 13 Jul 2018 09:46 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 1150008
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Depth: 169.16 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.9332 , 169.0224
Event Date: 13 Jul 2018 09:46 UTC
13 Jul 2018 20:46 Local
Exposed Population: About 36000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Jul 2018 10:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us2000g3up Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.12      
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Latest media headlines

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Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes off Vanuatu in South Pacific: USGSTue, 17 Jul 2018 09:44:00 +0200.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck north of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. There was no immediate tsunami warning or any reports of damage or ca
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Vanuatu earthquake: Magnitude 6 quake hits volcano island that worship ... Tue, 17 Jul 2018 09:40:00 +0200.

There was no immediate tsunami warning or any reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which hit at a depth of 73 km (47 miles) about 474 km (295 miles) north of Vanuatu’s island of Santo, the USGS said. Vanuatu sits on the so-called
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Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes off Vanuatu in South Pacific: USGSTue, 17 Jul 2018 09:34:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck north of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. There was no immediate tsunami warning or any reports of damage or casualties from the quak
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Strong Quake Shakes Vanuatu in South PacificSat, 14 Jul 2018 05:43:00 +0200.

BANGKOK – A magnitude-6.4 earthquake shook on Friday southern Vanuatu, situated in the South Pacific, although no casualties have been reported yet. The United States Geological Survey, which records seismic activities around the world, sai
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),