M 7.1 in Vanuatu on 20 Oct 2015 21:52 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 1069721
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.1M
Depth: 127.05 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.8418 , 167.306
Event Date: 20 Oct 2015 21:52 UTC
21 Oct 2015 08:52 Local
Exposed Population: About 56000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2015 22:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC n.a 0 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  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: 274 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Mexico: Assessing damage after Hurricane Patricia in MexicoSat, 24 Oct 2015 20:48:00 +0200.

Update October 24 : Hurricane Patricia has weakened significantly since it made landfall last night, but danger remains. Flooding and landslides are of major concern right now. Our team of emergency responders is on their way to assess the
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Corte ratificó millonaria indemnización a familia de víctima del tsuna ... Sat, 24 Oct 2015 17:19:00 +0200.

que ratificó la condena al fisco debe pagar una indemnización de 110 millones de pesos a la familia de una de las víctimas del tsunami en la isla Robinson Crusoe, en Juan Fernández, a causa del terremoto del 27-F. Se trata de María Angélica
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Programa Reemprende Coquimbo beneficia a 57 nuevas empresasSat, 24 Oct 2015 16:27:00 +0200.

Satisfacción gracias a un respaldo clave para comenzar otra vez. Era la sensación de los 57 empresarios y empresarias de la comuna puerto que fueron certificadas por el Programa Reemprende Coquimbo, instancia liderada por el Ministerio de E
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),