M 4.6 in Vanuatu on 30 Jul 2014 12:25 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 1036918
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 232.51 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.79 , 169.31
Event Date: 30 Jul 2014 12:25 UTC
30 Jul 2014 23:25 Local
Exposed Population:
About 32230 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Jul 2014 13:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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: 212 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes of coast of JapanSun, 03 Aug 2014 11:55:00 +0200.

SINGAPORE, Aug 3 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan's Okinawa island on Sunday, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre. The quake struck at a depth of about 6.2 miles, 125 miles north-northeast of
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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),