M 5.2 in Vanuatu on 12 Apr 2016 09:52 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 1084219
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.3791 , 166.681
Event Date: 12 Apr 2016 09:52 UTC
12 Apr 2016 20:52 Local
Exposed Population:
About 16848 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2016 10:15 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: 1819 | About casualties: 191 | Last hour: 0

At least 29 dead as second earthquake hits JapanSat, 16 Apr 2016 09:52:00 +0200.

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.3 struck southern Japan early Saturday, killing at least 29 people and injuring 1,500 less than 24 hours after a quake Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that of the 1,500 injured, 80 were
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Cutremur puternic în Japonia, cu magnitudinea de 6,4 grade pe scara Ri ... Sat, 16 Apr 2016 09:50:00 +0200.

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea 6.4 a zguduit joi, la ora 12.36 insula Kyushu din sudul Japoniei, la o adâncime de 10 kilometri , cu epicentrul în Kumamoto, unde se află mai multe centrale nucleare, potrivit AFP, citată de Agerpres. Conform sit
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At least 29 dead as second earthquake hits JapanSat, 16 Apr 2016 09:50:00 +0200.

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.3 struck southern Japan early Saturday, killing at least 29 people and injuring 1,500 less than 24 hours after a quake Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that of the 1,500 injured, 80 were
...(more)
Dos terremotos en Japón dejan al menos 27 muertos y 1.600 heridosSat, 16 Apr 2016 09:50:00 +0200.

Los dos terremotos que han tenido lugar este jueves y este sábado en la prefectura japonesa de Kumamoto, uno de 6,2 y otro de 7,3 en la escala Richter, han dejado, hasta el momento, un total de 27 muertos y cerca de 1.600 heridos, según los
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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),