M 5.1 in Vanuatu on 15 May 2016 07:23 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 1086333
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.3489 , 166.802
Event Date: 15 May 2016 07:23 UTC
15 May 2016 18:23 Local
Exposed Population:
About 16990 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 May 2016 07:51 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: 1347 | About casualties: 54 | Last hour: 0

ماذا يفعل رؤساء أمريكا بعد نهاية ولاياتهم؟!Thu, 19 May 2016 07:12:00 +0200.

واشنطن - "القدس" دوت كوم - بعد نهاية ولاية أي رئيس أميركي، يعودُ “سيد البيت الأبيض” مواطناً عادياً مثل غيره، وعادةً مايختار الرؤساء العودة إلى مدنهم وبلداتهم والتفرغ لتأليف الكتب وكتابة المذكرات. لكن على ما يبدو، فإن الرئيس الحالي باراك اوب
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Ecuador: Two earthquakes claim a life, several injuredThu, 19 May 2016 06:47:00 +0200.

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 in April. Wednesday's tremors, measuring 6.7 and 6.8 in magnitude, accord
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Cutremur cu magnitudinea de 6,7 grade in vestul EcuadoruluiThu, 19 May 2016 06:47:00 +0200.

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 6,7 grade a fost înregistrat ieri dimineaţă în Ecuador, a informat Institutul American de Geologie, citat de Reuters online. Cutremurul a avut epicentrul în apropiere de oraşul Muisne, de pe coasta de vest a ţ
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Ecuador en alerta: un segundo terremoto sacude la costa noroeste este ... Thu, 19 May 2016 06:37:00 +0200.

Un segundo sismo, esta vez de 6,8 en la escala Richter, ha sacudido este miércoles a Ecuador, que hace un mes fue golpeado por un fuerte terremoto que dejó cerca de 700 muertos, según ha informado el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (US
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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.
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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),