M 6 in Vanuatu on 23 Oct 2012 09:39 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 120397
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 127 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.3161 , 171.675
Event Date: 23 Oct 2012 09:39 UTC
23 Oct 2012 20:39 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Oct 2012 10:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000dbf7 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 417 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

IHT Rendezvous: Formula One Veers Into Global Politics AgainSat, 27 Oct 2012 08:26:00 +0200.

A dust up between India and Italy over the fate of two Italian marines, two Indian fishermen and the Ferrari team.
El 40 % de los peces de la costa de Fukushima no son comestiblesSat, 27 Oct 2012 07:16:00 +0200.

Los niveles de radiactividad de los peces en la costa este de Japón siguen siendo elevados, sobre todo frente a la central nuclear de Fukushima, pese a que han pasado ya diecisiete meses del accidente que sufrió esta planta tras el terremot
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Le Secours populaire ouvre son nouvel espace de solidaritéSat, 27 Oct 2012 04:01:00 +0200.

Le local vient d'être inauguré. La collecte des jouets de Noël va bientôt commencer. Le Secours populaire de Gironde a inauguré un nouvel espace solidarité dans son local situé au 3, rue Malbec. Ce local de 160m² divisé en trois étages est
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Malala’s fight brings a wave of hope in PakistanSat, 27 Oct 2012 03:54:00 +0200.

The plan was to silence one seemingly weak rebel and ensure victory, as had been the case several times in the past. The rebel was 14-year-old girl Malala Yousufzai.

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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),