M 4.8 in Vanuatu Islands Region on 21 Feb 2016 18:40 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 1081071
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 79.65 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.9075 , 173.951
Event Date: 21 Feb 2016 18:40 UTC
22 Feb 2016 06:40 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Feb 2016 19:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a 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: 379 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Fukushima admite que demoró informar de fusiónThu, 25 Feb 2016 18:19:00 +0100.

El operador de la dañada planta nuclear de Fukushima, Japón, reconoció el jueves que durante dos meses no anunció que hubo fusión en los núcleos de tres reactores. Tokyo Electric Power Co. dijo que sus funcionarios no estaban al tanto del m
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Japan utility admits it delayed report of Fukushima meltdownThu, 25 Feb 2016 18:12:00 +0100.

TOKYO (AP) — The operator of Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant acknowledged Thursday it failed for two months to announce that meltdowns had occurred in the cores of three of the reactors. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said its officials
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Japan utility admits it delayed report of Fukushima meltdownThu, 25 Feb 2016 18:06:00 +0100.

TOKYO The operator of Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant acknowledged Thursday it failed for two months to announce that meltdowns had occurred in the cores of three of the reactors. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said its officials were una
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Japón: Fukushima admite que demoró informar de fusiónThu, 25 Feb 2016 17:47:00 +0100.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. dijo que sus funcionarios no estaban al tanto del manual de emergencia de la compañía que definía una fusión como un daño que excedía 5% del combustible del reactor. En su lugar, TEPCO calificó la condición de los
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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),