M 5.5 in Vanuatu on 04 Aug 2021 05:55 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 1280086
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 22.59 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.486 , 172.6099
Event Date: 04 Aug 2021 05:55 UTC
04 Aug 2021 17:55 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 04 Aug 2021 06:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000f23b Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 11 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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Moderate yet deep 5.1 quake hits near Isangel, Tafea Province, Vanuatu2021-07-29T13:52+0200.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake near Isangel, Tafea Province, Vanuatu, was reported only 20 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity wor
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Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - Coral Sea, 57 km north of Isangel, Tafe ... 2021-07-29T13:52+0200.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake near Isangel, Tafea Province, Vanuatu, was reported only 20 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity wor
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Vanuatu Volcano Alert Bulletin n°7 - Ambrym Activity (July 29th 2021)2021-07-29T07:01+0200.

AMBRYM VOLCANO 1615’00”S 16807’00”E Summit Elevation 4377ft (1334m) Current Vanuatu Volcano Alert Level: Level 1. Ambrym volcano is continuing in the minor unrest state. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 1. The volcano activity at A
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),