M 4.9 in Vanuatu Islands on 26 Dec 2014 04:58 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 1045822
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 65.89 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.8785 , 168.0412
Event Date: 26 Dec 2014 04:58 UTC
26 Dec 2014 15:58 Local
Exposed Population:
About 74432 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Dec 2014 05:25 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 372 | About casualties: 31 | Last hour: 0

AMI recorda um ano de missão depois do tsunami de 2004Fri, 26 Dec 2014 09:19:00 +0100.

Depois de instalar, feche o seu browser e volte a abrir. AMI recorda um ano de missão depois do tsunami de 2004. João Torgal 26 Dez, 2014, 08:03 / atualizado em 26 Dez, 2014, 08:16. Reportagem Depois de uma das maiores catástrofes naturais
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Sobrevivente do tsunami regressou à TailândiaFri, 26 Dec 2014 09:19:00 +0100.

Depois de instalar, feche o seu browser e volte a abrir. Sobrevivente do tsunami regressou à Tailândia. Rita Ramos/Nuno Tavares/Ana Borges 25 Dez, 2014, 13:51 / atualizado em 25 Dez, 2014, 21:26. No dia seguinte ao Natal de 2004, Portugal
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Zehn Jahre später: Gebete und Tränen: Tausende gedenken Tsunami-OpferFri, 26 Dec 2014 09:19:00 +0100.

Banda Aceh/Khao Lak Tsunami - Die Riesenwellen hatten in 14 Ländern rund 230 000 Menschen in den Tod gerissen. Neben dem Erinnern an die Toten stand auch der Dank für die Hilfe aus aller Welt im Fokus. "Ich habe noch nie eine so außergewöhn
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"Mein Blut ist in die Erde geflossen"Fri, 26 Dec 2014 09:19:00 +0100.

Mit bewegenden Gedenkgottesdiensten und Schweigeminuten haben Tausende Menschen rund um den Indischen Ozean der Opfer des verheerenden Tsunamis vor zehn Jahren gedacht. Neben dem Erinnern an die Toten stand auch der Dank für die Hilfe aus 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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),