M 5 in Vanuatu on 11 Apr 2016 03:52 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 1084107
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 12.82 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.1764 , 166.5445
Event Date: 11 Apr 2016 03:52 UTC
11 Apr 2016 14:52 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5921 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Apr 2016 04:18 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 617 | About casualties: 92 | Last hour: 0

Al menos nueve muertos y 900 heridos en el fuerte terremoto del sur de ... Fri, 15 Apr 2016 03:50:00 +0200.

Tokio, 15 abr (EFE).- El terremoto de 6,5 grados que golpeó en la víspera el suroeste de Japón ha dejado al menos nueve muertos y un millar de heridos, entre ellos medio centenar de consideración grave, según los últimos datos ofrecidos hoy
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Strong quake kills 9, injures more than 760 in JapanFri, 15 Apr 2016 03:45:00 +0200.

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press. TOKYO (AP) - At least nine people were killed and 761 injured by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake Thursday night that toppled houses and buckled roads in southern Japan, the government's chief spokesman said. Y
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Al menos nueve muertos y 900 heridos en el fuerte ...Fri, 15 Apr 2016 03:45:00 +0200.

El terremoto de 6,5 grados que golpeó en la víspera el suroeste de Japón ha dejado al menos nueve muertos y un millar de heridos, entre ellos medio centenar de consideración grave, según los últimos datos ofrecidos hoy por las autoridades j
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Terremoto no Japão mata dois e deixa 45 feridosFri, 15 Apr 2016 03:43:00 +0200.

Pelo menos duas pessoas morreram e 45 ficaram feridas pelo terremoto de magnitude 6,5 que derrubou casas e deformou rodovias no sul do Japão na noite de ontem (horário local). Equipes de resgate estão em busca de moradores que ficaram preso
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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),