M 6.3 in Vanuatu on 05 Mar 2014 09:56 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 1027033
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 636.76 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.7347 , 169.8222
Event Date: 05 Mar 2014 09:56 UTC
05 Mar 2014 20:56 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Mar 2014 10:18 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 190 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

East Asia should build resilience through disaster relief cooperationFri, 07 Mar 2014 02:34:00 +0100.

Daisaku Ikeda With the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake upon us, I would like to offer my most sincere prayers for the peaceful repose of the victims of the earthquake and tsunami. The catastrophe instantly took away fro
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Senate hears latest on FEMA funds for Tautua HallFri, 07 Mar 2014 02:10:00 +0100.

TOFL says no non-profit 501C3 certificate seems to be the hiccup By Fili Sagapolutele ShareThis fili@samoanews.com Sen. Tuiasina S. Esera has called on the Territorial Office of Fiscal Reform (TOFR) to do all possible to help Pago Pago Vill
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Flood victims receive aidFri, 07 Mar 2014 01:18:00 +0100.

TENOM: Five hundred families here and Beaufort who were affected by last month's floods, received aid from Briged Sukarelawan NSTP-Media Prima yesterday.
What Ever Happened To: Debris from Japanese tsunamiFri, 07 Mar 2014 01:03:00 +0100.

QUESTION: Whatever happened to debris from the March 11, 2011, tsunami in Japan traveling across the Pacific Ocean, and what about its effect on aquatic life?

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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),