M 4.7 in Vanuatu on 06 May 2016 00:16 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 1085763
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 78.48 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.4504 , 168.7436
Event Date: 06 May 2016 00:16 UTC
06 May 2016 11:16 Local
Exposed Population:
About 32228 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 May 2016 00:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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: 467 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

A tale of two firesMon, 09 May 2016 23:02:00 +0200.

Forest fires are ravaging Canada’s province of Alberta and India’s Uttarakhand state. The Canadian blaze around Fort McMurray has swept through around 170,000 hectares destroying at least a fifth of the homes in the town of 88,000 people, a
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شراكة كويتية - كورية في الرعاية السكنية - محلياتMon, 09 May 2016 23:01:00 +0200.

كونا- أكد سمو رئيس مجلس الوزراء الشيخ جابر المبارك، أن توقيع اتفاقية الشراكة بين الكويت وجمهورية كوريا أمس، والمتعلقة بالرعاية السكنية، تأتي تأكيدا من الحكومة للمساهمة في حل القضية الإسكانية، وذلك بالإسراع في تنفيذ الوحدات السكنية وتقليل فت
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5.3-intensity quake hits Andaman & Nicobar Islands, no tsunami alertMon, 09 May 2016 22:20:00 +0200.

NEW DELHI: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands tonight and there were no immediate reports of loss of life or property. No tsunami alert has been issued following the medium-intensity quake w
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Hacen simulacro de tsunami para evaluar preparación del país en caso d ... Mon, 09 May 2016 21:12:00 +0200.

Santo Domingo, 9 may (EFE).- La Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) y el Centro de Desastres del Pacífico (PDC, por sus siglas en inglés) en coordinación con el del Ministerio de Educación (Minerd), realizaron en el Politécnico de Haina
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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),