M 6.2 in Vanuatu on 19 Dec 2015 02:10 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 1076299
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.3992 , 169.3996
Event Date: 19 Dec 2015 02:10 UTC
19 Dec 2015 13:10 Local
Exposed Population:
About 9076 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Dec 2015 02:33 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 220 | About casualties: 24 | Last hour: 0

Simulacro nacional recordó terremoto de 1972 que devastó capital nicar ... Tue, 22 Dec 2015 23:53:00 +0100.

El Gobierno de Nicaragua llevó a cabo hoy el cuarto simulacro nacional de desastres, en el que participaron unas 2.000 comunidades de todo el país, en el marco de la conmemoración del terremoto que el 23 de diciembre de 1972 dejó más de 10.
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Carazo formó parte de Simulacro NacionalTue, 22 Dec 2015 22:18:00 +0100.

Bajo la hipótesis de un sismo de 7.4 grados a 25 kilómetros de profundidad, exactamente a 145 kilómetros frente a las costas de Masachapa, lo cual produjo réplicas de temblores en los municipios caraceños y un tsunami en las costas del Océa
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US-Japan Military Alliance: Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSD ... Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:23:00 +0100.

The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) of today has matured a great deal since the warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were parceled out amongst the victors, scrapped or sunk at the end of World War II. Long decades of pacifist
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15:31 | Justicia sanciona a abogado tras renunciar a un día de audienc ... Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:54:00 +0100.

El 27 de febrero de 2010 Piangella Obrador ocurrió el terremoto magnitud de 8,8 grados richter, acompañado de un tsunami que afectó a las costas chilenas, lo que generó gran polémica por el proceder que tuvo la Oficina Nacional de Emergenci
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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),