M 6.4 in Vanuatu on 21 Oct 2019 02:52 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 1191143
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Depth: 226.08 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.0408 , 169.4528
Event Date: 21 Oct 2019 02:52 UTC
21 Oct 2019 13:52 Local
Exposed Population: About 36000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Oct 2019 02:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us70005wj6 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 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

Articles: 10 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

6.4-magnitude earthquake hits off Vanuatu coastMon, 21 Oct 2019 08:14:00 +0200.

An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck roughly 54 km from the coast of Vanuatu around 2:00 p.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter, with a depth of 226.08 km, was initially determined to b
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VANUATU TERREMOTO - Un seísmo de magnitud 6,4 sacude Vanuatu, en el Pa ... Mon, 21 Oct 2019 07:48:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,4 sacudió este lunes las costas del archipiélago de Vanuatu, en el Pacífico Sur, sin que se haya emitido una alerta por tsunami. El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS), que registra la actividad sísmica en
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Isangel, Vanuatu, Earthquak: 6.4 Magnitude Quake Strikes Pacific Islan ... Mon, 21 Oct 2019 07:07:00 +0200.

Isangel, Vanuatu, Earthquake: 6.4-Magnitude Quake Strikes Pacific Island Nation, No Immediate Tsunami Threat To Neighboring Fiji. A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, about 36 miles north of th
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Un seísmo de magnitud 6,4 sacude Vanuatu, en el Pacífico SurMon, 21 Oct 2019 07:07:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,4 sacudió este lunes las costas del archipiélago de Vanuatu, en el Pacífico Sur, sin que se haya emitido una alerta por tsunami.. EFE/ Made Nagi/Archivo (Foto: EFE. Bangkok, 21 sep (EFE).- Un terremoto de magnitu
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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 (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),