M 4.7 in Vanuatu on 04 Jul 2016 04:38 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 1089310
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 93.91 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.2914 , 167.7517
Event Date: 04 Jul 2016 04:38 UTC
04 Jul 2016 15:38 Local
Exposed Population:
About 14628 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Jul 2016 04:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10005zrp 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: 244 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Chimbote: escolares de 17 colegios en riesgo ante sismos y tsunamisFri, 08 Jul 2016 03:24:00 +0200.

. En la provincia del Santa muchas de las instituciones son "altamente vulnerables" Los escolares recibirán orientación por parte de las autoridades. Foto referencial: Chimboteenlinea. Hoy se realizó el simulacro escolar de sismo y tsuna
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Electromagnetic fields be used in tsunami early warningFri, 08 Jul 2016 03:03:00 +0200.

Tsunami early warning Electromagnetic fields be used in tsunami early warning. Could electromagnetic ( EM ) fields be used in tsunami early warning? New research shows that important focal parameters of tsunamigenic earthquakes — particula
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Va all’asta il maso dell’angelo NithaelFri, 08 Jul 2016 02:06:00 +0200.

TRENTO. Sarà battuto oggi all’asta maso Agnellini a Vignola Falesina, edificio conosciuto alle cronache come la casa dell’angelo Nithael e sede dell’associazione Santo Graal. 527.500 euro la base d’asta per il «maso isolato con due unità ab
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Onemi presentó nuevas herramientas para mejorar respuesta ante emergen ... Thu, 07 Jul 2016 23:28:00 +0200.

El subsecretario del Interior, Mahmud Aleuy y el director nacional de la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi), Ricardo Toro, presentaron este jueves los visores “Gestión de Riesgo de Desastres-GRD” y “Visor Chile Preparado”, herramientas
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),