M 4.9 in Vanuatu on 28 Feb 2016 15:56 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 1081541
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 13.13 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.2944 , 167.4984
Event Date: 28 Feb 2016 15:56 UTC
29 Feb 2016 02:56 Local
Exposed Population:
About 51953 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Feb 2016 16:30 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: 236 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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ضربت هزتان ارتداديتان، اليوم الخميس، السواحل الأندونيسية، وذلك عقب تحذير بوقوع موجات تسونامي، ما أسفر عن خلق حالة ذعر في جنوب غربي جزيرة سومطرة. وأعلن مكتب الأرصاد الجوية وعلم المناخ والجيوفيزياء وكالة (BMKG)، في بيان، أن "قوة الهزتين، الل
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Nachbeben erschüttern Inseln vor der Küste IndonesiensThu, 03 Mar 2016 15:34:00 +0100.

Jakarta – Auf den Mentawai-Inseln vor Indonesien hat es nach dem starken Erdbeben vom Mittwoch mindestens zwei größere Nachbeben gegeben. Wie schon am Vortag seien jedoch keine Schäden verzeichnet worden, berichtete die für die Region zustä
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Fiscal del caso Tsunami: “Mi idea era llevar a menos personas a juicio ... Thu, 03 Mar 2016 15:32:00 +0100.

Los acusados deberían pagar una “indemnización” por los daños causados. El Ministerio Público justificó la búsqueda de un acuerdo con los acusados por las muertes ocurridas tras el terremoto y posterior Tsunami del 27 de febrero de 2010. De
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Reconciliation must come from the people and not through foreign induc ... Thu, 03 Mar 2016 15:23:00 +0100.

Reconciliation must come from the people and not through foreign inducement - President Thu, Mar 3, 2016, 07:40 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 03, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena says it is people in th
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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),