M 4.7 in Vanuatu on 12 Sep 2016 22:15 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 1093823
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 31.86 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.1505 , 168.3339
Event Date: 12 Sep 2016 22:15 UTC
13 Sep 2016 09:15 Local
Exposed Population:
About 54449 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Sep 2016 22:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006p5h 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: 280 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

ريفي يُسابِق لِوراثة الحريري – نزيه الأحدب – عربي 21Fri, 16 Sep 2016 21:13:00 +0200.

يفاجئ وزير العدل اللبناني المستقيل أشرف ريفي الجميع بوتيرته التصاعدية في الهجوم على زعيم تيار المستقبل سعد الحريري، الذي كان يدين له بالولاء قبل شهور قليلة، وتحديداً قبل إعلان الحريري أن وزير العدل لم يكن يمثله عندما انسحب من جلسة الحكومة ا
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Cannon Beach considers buying former school in tsunami zoneFri, 16 Sep 2016 20:07:00 +0200.

CANNON BEACH, Ore. (AP) — Cannon Beach is considering purchasing a former elementary school that had to close because it sits in a tsunami zone. The Daily Astorian reports (https://is.gd/jSOfvw ) that most of the campus of the school, which
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Simulacro de emergencia en Colombia el 26 de octubreFri, 16 Sep 2016 19:33:00 +0200.

El Gobierno colombiano informó este viernes que el próximo 26 de octubre realizará en todo el país el Quinto Simulacro Nacional de Respuesta a Emergencias con el objetivo de preparar a la ciudadanía en caso de eventos generados por diferent
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El 26 de octubre se realizará un simulacro de emergencia nacionalFri, 16 Sep 2016 19:30:00 +0200.

El Gobierno colombiano informó hoy que el próximo 26 de octubre realizará en todo el país el Quinto Simulacro Nacional de Respuesta a Emergencias con el objetivo de preparar a la ciudadanía en caso de eventos generados por diferentes amenaz
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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),