M 4.9 in Vanuatu on 29 Apr 2016 01:01 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 1085365
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.1004 , 167.2661
Event Date: 29 Apr 2016 01:01 UTC
29 Apr 2016 12:01 Local
Exposed Population:
About 63599 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Apr 2016 01:21 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 391 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

FLOTSAM AND JETSAMMon, 02 May 2016 23:12:00 +0200.

* LAST week, a tsunami warning was supposedly issued which resulted in the adjournment of Parliament and court proceedings. Members of Parliament, judicial officials and other government official evacuated to higher grounds which was Gordon
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Diseñan casas en cajas de tráileresMon, 02 May 2016 22:22:00 +0200.

Conacyt. Un grupo de estudiantes de la carrera de ingeniería en innovación y diseño de la Universidad Panamericana (UP), campus Aguascalientes, diseña casas en cajas de tráiler de desecho, en beneficio de personas en situación de pobreza. L
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[VIDEO] Fukushima a 5 años del terremoto con tsunami en una vista de 3 ... Mon, 02 May 2016 22:14:00 +0200.

El accidente nuclear de Fukushima ocurrido en la Central nuclear Fukushima I el 11 de marzo de 2011, comprende una serie de incidentes, tales como las explosiones en los edificios que albergan los reactores nucleares, fallos en los sistemas
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Earthquake study sparks Point Lepreau safety reassessmentMon, 02 May 2016 21:32:00 +0200.

A 2014 study of historical earthquakes in the area surrounding Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station, and a change to how NB Power calculates earthquake probabilities, has triggered a reassessment of seismic hazards at the power plant. T
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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),