M 4.6 in Vanuatu on 05 Aug 2016 01:03 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 1091297
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 31.54 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.6387 , 167.9488
Event Date: 05 Aug 2016 01:03 UTC
05 Aug 2016 12:03 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Aug 2016 02:08 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006a7l 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: 393 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Japanese Emperor Indicates He Is Ready to AbdicateTue, 09 Aug 2016 00:36:00 +0200.

TOKYO—Japanese Emperor Akihito signaled a desire to abdicate because of age and ill health, potentially ushering in the most significant change to the imperial system in the postwar era. “When the emperor has ill health and his condition be
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المطلوب «تسونامي» مسيحي يضمّ الجميع - صونيا رزقMon, 08 Aug 2016 23:59:00 +0200.

حين تحققت المصالحة بين العماد ميشال عون والدكتور سمير جعجع، اعتقد المسيحيون ان قوتهم التي كانت سائدة ايام الحرب اللبنانية ستعود فور إعلان «ورقة النوايا»، وبالتالي سوف تعود الحقوق المسيحية الني ُسلبت بعد نفيّ عون الى الخارج وإدخال جعجع الى ا
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O imperador que quer abdicar, mas não podeMon, 08 Aug 2016 23:38:00 +0200.

Aos 82 anos, o imperador do Japão, Akihito, teme que seu frágil estado de saúde e sua idade representem dificuldades para continuar com suas funções. Os comentários do imperador foram feitos em um pronunciamento de televisão extraordinário.
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Emperador de Japón anuncia su deseo de retirarseMon, 08 Aug 2016 23:13:00 +0200.

Pekín El emperador de Japón, Akihito, confirmó este lunes públicamente su voluntad de abdicar debido a su avanzada edad y antes de que su salud no le permita ejercer sus funciones con solvencia. En un mensaje televisado, el soberano japonés
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),