M 4.8 in Vanuatu on 22 May 2015 16:17 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 1055554
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 251.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.8038 , 169.3235
Event Date: 22 May 2015 16:17 UTC
23 May 2015 03:17 Local
Exposed Population:
About 32230 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 May 2015 16:37 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: 612 | About casualties: 49 | Last hour: 0

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Japan ruling coalition proposes to end most Fukushima evacuations by 2 ... Tue, 26 May 2015 15:22:00 +0200.

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Sismos en el MundoTue, 26 May 2015 15:21:00 +0200.

La sacudida ocurrió a las 07:32 horas de este martes y su epicentro se localizó a 58 kilómetros al noreste de la ciudad de Calama y a unos 1.600 de Santiago. Las Islas Salomón se asientan sobre el llamado “Anillo de Fuego del Pacífico”, un
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UPDATE 1-Japan coalition wants to end most Fukushima evacuations by 20 ... Tue, 26 May 2015 14:33:00 +0200.

(Adds details, context) By Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO May 26 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling coalition will recommend lifting evacuation orders for most people forced from their homes by the Fukushima nuclear disaster within two years in a bid to sp
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),