M 4.9 in Vanuatu on 14 May 2016 22:52 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 1086313
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 34.48 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.4364 , 172.9355
Event Date: 14 May 2016 22:52 UTC
15 May 2016 10:52 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 May 2016 23:12 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: 1258 | About casualties: 40 | Last hour: 0

Jedna osoba stradala, 85 povređeno u novom zemljotresu u EkvadoruWed, 18 May 2016 22:50:00 +0200.

Mesec dana posle razornog potresa u Ekvadoru su se osetila dva snažna potresa magnitude 6,8 i 6,7. Američka geološka služba saopštila je da je epicentar prvog zemljotresa bio na 35 kilometara od grada Muisne, na dubini od 32 kilometra. JUS
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Ecuador coast hit by two earthquakes; one deadWed, 18 May 2016 22:50:00 +0200.

QUITO Two earthquakes struck Ecuador's coast on Wednesday, leading to one death and light damage in the same region where a magnitude 7.8 tremor killed more than 650 people last month. Wednesday's tremors, measuring 6.7 and 6.8 in magnitude
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Ecuador coast hit by two earthquakes; one deadWed, 18 May 2016 22:49:00 +0200.

QUITO Alexandra Valencia Two earthquakes struck Ecuador's coast on Wednesday, leading to one death and light damage in the same region where a magnitude 7.8 tremor killed more than 650 people last month. Wednesday's tremors, measuring 6.7 a
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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes western Ecuador - USGSWed, 18 May 2016 22:47:00 +0200.

Thursday, 19 May 2016 | MYT 4:25 AM Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes western Ecuador - USGS. by alexandra valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Two earthquakes struck Ecuador's coast on Wednesday, leading to one death and light damage in the same regi
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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),