M 4.6 in Vanuatu on 14 Aug 2016 12:44 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 1091851
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 39.57 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.5872 , 173.1801
Event Date: 14 Aug 2016 12:44 UTC
15 Aug 2016 00:44 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Aug 2016 13:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006dra 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: 427 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Un sisma economico che ha spazzato via il mito del fasin di bessôiThu, 18 Aug 2016 12:19:00 +0200.

UDINE. I rintocchi del de profundis di CoopCa hanno risuonato il 17 novembre 2014, quando la società è stata costretta a portare i libri in tribunale e ad avanzare istanza di ammissione al concordato preventivo. Una giornata tristemente sto
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Un terremoto de 5,7 grados sacude la costa noreste de AustraliaThu, 18 Aug 2016 12:03:00 +0200.

Mapa facilitado por el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS) muestra la localiazción de un terremoto de 5,7 grados en la escala abierta de Richter que sacudió hoy, 18 de agosto de 2016, el litoral del noreste de Australia, sin que las
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Queensland eathquake could have been devastatingThu, 18 Aug 2016 11:37:00 +0200.

North Queensland could have experienced a bigger natural disaster than Newcastle suffered in 1989 if the epicentre of Thursday's earthquake in the Whitsundays had been on land, according to a senior seismologist. Geoscience Australia record
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Austrália: Terremoto de 5,7 graus atinge costa nordeste do paísThu, 18 Aug 2016 11:34:00 +0200.

O Serviço Geológico dos Estados Unidos (USGS), que vigia a actividade sísmica no mundo, localizou o hipocentro a sete quilómetros de profundidade, a 54 ao leste de Bowen e a 151 ao norte de Mackay, ambas localidades no estado de Queensland.
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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),