M 5 in Vanuatu on 08 Apr 2016 19:05 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 1083982
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 1.71 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.203 , 167.4848
Event Date: 08 Apr 2016 19:05 UTC
09 Apr 2016 06:05 Local
Exposed Population:
About 12278 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Apr 2016 16:57 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 409 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

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Psychologue clinicien réputé, le canadien Alain Brunet, professeur à l'Université McGill, travaille depuis plus de 20 ans sur les événements traumatiques. En collaboration avec les hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), il vient de lancer un programme a
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Miyagi oyster farms achieve ASC certificationTue, 12 Apr 2016 17:29:00 +0200.

Oyster farming in Miyagi Prefecture (Photo: ASC) Miyagi oyster farms achieve ASC certification. Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 22:40 (GMT + 9) The Shizugawa Branch of the Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries Co-operative became the first farming collecti
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RICERCA SCIENTIFICA ITALIANA NEL MONDO - CLIMA - TECNOLOGIA ITALIANA C ... Tue, 12 Apr 2016 17:22:00 +0200.

(2016-04-12) Sciami di robot sottomarini in grado di ‘dialogare’ fra loro, monitorare temperatura e salinità dei mari, studiare le correnti e l’erosione delle coste ed allertare in caso di tsunami. Si chiama Venus Swarm, nasce nei laborator
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Durham climber almost killed in Everest avalanche reveals why he is re ... Tue, 12 Apr 2016 17:09:00 +0200.

A climber almost killed during a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest has returned to the world’s biggest mountain one year on. Nick Talbot is hoping it will be third time lucky when he attempts to become the first person with cystic fibrosis
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),