M 4.6 in Vanuatu on 03 Apr 2016 17:17 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 1083639
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.7102 , 168.4085
Event Date: 03 Apr 2016 17:17 UTC
04 Apr 2016 04:17 Local
Exposed Population:
About 58008 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Apr 2016 17:39 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: 666 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

زلزال يضرب الساحل الغربي لجزيرة جاوة الأندونيسيةThu, 07 Apr 2016 16:59:00 +0200.

ضرب زلزال بلغت قوته 1ر6 درجة على مقياس ريختر الساحل الغربي لجزيرة /جاوة/ الاندونيسية ، حسبما ذكرت الوكالة الإندونيسية للأرصاد الجوية وعلم المناخ والجيوفيزياء ،اليوم /الخميس/. وأشارت الوكالة الى أن سكان مدينة /بوندونج/ والمدن المجاورة شعروا
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Texas dust storm looks like a massive tsunamiThu, 07 Apr 2016 16:19:00 +0200.

Join the Nation's Conversation. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Texas Panhandle dust storm looks like a massive tsunami This photo taken Tuesday, April 5, 2016, and provided by Ka
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زلزال بقوة 1ر6 درجة يضرب الساحل الغربي لجزيرة جاوة الاندونيسيةThu, 07 Apr 2016 16:19:00 +0200.

[07/أبريل/2016] جاكرتا- سبأ: ضرب زلزال بقوة 6.1 درجة على مقياس ريختر قبالة الساحل الغربي لجزيرة جاوة الاندونيسية. وذكرت الوكالة الإندونيسية للأرصاد الجوية وعلم المناخ والجيوفيزياء اليوم الخميس أن زلزالا بقوة 1ر6 درجات على سلم ريختر ضرب, ليل
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Texas Panhandle dust storm looks like a massive tsunamiThu, 07 Apr 2016 16:12:00 +0200.

Join the Nation's Conversation. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Texas Panhandle dust storm looks like a massive tsunami This photo taken Tuesday, April 5, 2016, and provided by Ka
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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.
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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),