M 5.3 in Vanuatu on 15 Dec 2015 13:29 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 1075921
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 24.99 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.6372 , 167.2412
Event Date: 15 Dec 2015 13:29 UTC
16 Dec 2015 00:29 Local
Exposed Population:
About 69429 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2015 16:51 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 249 | About casualties: 57 | Last hour: 0

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ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--A bright pink life-size replica of Italian supercar Lamborghini made entirely of cardboard may be just the tonic for survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.
Un terremoto de 6,2 grados sacude Vanuatu, en el Pacífico SurSat, 19 Dec 2015 09:26:00 +0100.

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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),