M 4.5 in Vanuatu Islands on 30 Aug 2014 13:25 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 1038896
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 269.69 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.79 , 168.31
Event Date: 30 Aug 2014 13:25 UTC
31 Aug 2014 00:25 Local
Exposed Population:
About 53257 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Aug 2014 14:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Japan gov't recommends stockpiling toilet paper in case of dire emerge ... Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:00:00 +0200.

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A message Japan began delivering Monday is a bit unusual, but true enough: Don't wait until it's too late to think about toilet paper.
Japan tells people to stock up on toilet paper in case of earthquakeMon, 01 Sep 2014 19:59:00 +0200.

A public information campaign was launched yesterday to persuade people to stockpile toilet paper in case of emergency.

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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),