M 6.9 in Vanuatu on 03 Apr 2016 08:23 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 1083619
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.3519 , 166.8205
Event Date: 03 Apr 2016 08:23 UTC
03 Apr 2016 19:23 Local
Exposed Population: About 16000 people in MMI
About 16000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Apr 2016 09:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.1 0.1
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.16m  
  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: 994 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

It was the third quake to hit the region in a week, after similarly si ... Thu, 07 Apr 2016 08:08:00 +0200.

Sydney: A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit off the Vanuatu coast on Thursday, the second major tremor in the area in as many days, but there was no tsunami threat or reports of damage, seismologists said. The quake struck at a depth of 32 kilom
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Terremoto magnitudo 6,8 isole VanuatuThu, 07 Apr 2016 08:06:00 +0200.

(ANSA) - ROMA, 7 APR - Una forte scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 6,8 è stata registrata nell'arcipelago delle Vanuatu, nell'Oceano Pacifico meridionale. Secondo i dati dell'Istituto nazionale di geofisica e vulcanologia (Ingv) e del serviz
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Otro terremoto de 6,9 grados sacude el norte de VanuatuThu, 07 Apr 2016 08:06:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de 6,9 grados de magnitud sacudió hoy el norte de Vanuatu, en el Pacífico sur, sin que se haya declarado una alerta de tsunami, tras otros dos temblores de gran potencia ocurridos en el archipiélago en los últimos cinco días.
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Otro terremoto de 6,9 grados sacude el norte de VanuatuThu, 07 Apr 2016 08:02:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de 6,9 grados de magnitud sacudió hoy el norte de Vanuatu, en el Pacífico sur, sin que se haya declarado una alerta de tsunami, tras otros dos temblores de gran potencia ocurridos en el archipiélago en los últimos cinco días.
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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),