M 6.7 in Vanuatu on 07 Apr 2016 03:32 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 1083869
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.7M
Depth: 26.79 Km
Lat/Lon: -13.9942 , 166.5711
Event Date: 07 Apr 2016 03:32 UTC
07 Apr 2016 14:32 Local
Exposed Population: About 4000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Apr 2016 04:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.1 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.07m  
  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: 500 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

EU wants control of OUR welfare state: Brussels' secret plan REVEALEDMon, 11 Apr 2016 01:16:00 +0200.

GETTY David Maddox, EXCLUSIVE Some MEPs fear the EU is planning a 'social union', a centralised welfare state Senior MEPs fear Brussels is planning a “social union” but legislation is being held back until after June’s referendum. Already p
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Update: 9:53AM AN earthquake was recorded 748 kilometres northwest fro ... Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:05:00 +0200.

Update: 9:53AM AN earthquake was recorded 748 kilometres northwest from Labasa this morning. The 5.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 8:11am at a depth of 10 kilometres. In a statement, the Mineral Resources Department said it was a mod
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Digicel gives $185kSun, 10 Apr 2016 23:05:00 +0200.

DIGICEL Fiji Ltd has given $185,000 towards relief and restoration works around the country after Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston. The company's chief executive officer, Darren McLean, said that as a company with its footprints around the P
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Jeff Goonewardena appointed Airport and Aviation Services directorSun, 10 Apr 2016 22:40:00 +0200.

April 10, 2016, 7:04 pm Nimal Siripala, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation hands over official appointment to Jeff Goonewardena, director-Airport and Aviation Services. Former diplomat, hotelier and philanthropist Jeff Goonewardena ha
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),