M 5.9 in Vanuatu on 16 May 2016 00:41 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 1086366
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.4694 , 172.9412
Event Date: 16 May 2016 00:41 UTC
16 May 2016 12:41 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 May 2016 01:03 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: 1449 | About casualties: 55 | Last hour: 0

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Two powerful aftershocks rattle Ecuador. Irish Sun Thursday 19th May, 2016 • Both tremors centered along the Pacific coast. • Authorities said one person was killed and dozens injured. • Neither of the aftershocks caused serious damage. QUI
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El primer acto conjunto de Unidos Podemos califica la coalición como u ... Fri, 20 May 2016 00:21:00 +0200.

EN ANDALUCÍA EN ANDALUCÍA El primer acto conjunto de Unidos Podemos califica la coalición como un "gran tsunami" El primer acto conjunto de la alianza de Podemos e Izquierda Unida lo ha protagonizado los respectivos líderes de las dos forma
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Ученые нашли на Марсе следы цунамиThu, 19 May 2016 23:57:00 +0200.

Ученые нашли на Марсе следы крупных цунами, которые возникли из-за падения двух астероидов, пишет EurekAlert! Работа исследователей была опубликована журнале Scientific Reports. Согласно гипотезам, на северном полушарии Марса мог быть холод
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На Марсе нашли следы цунами, вызванных падением метеоритовThu, 19 May 2016 23:50:00 +0200.

(Казань, 19 мая, «Татар-информ»). Ученые обнаружили следы двух мегацунами, которые произошли на Марсе вследствие падения на планету метеоритов. Об этом сообщается в «Scientiic Reports», пишет N+1. Согласно существующим гипотезам, на поверхн
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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),