M 5.1 in Vanuatu on 29 Oct 2016 03:21 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 1096776
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 39.94 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.8349 , 166.8444
Event Date: 29 Oct 2016 03:21 UTC
29 Oct 2016 14:21 Local
Exposed Population:
About 51316 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Oct 2016 03:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100072wd 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: 318 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Seísmo de 4,9 grados sacude el noreste japonés sin daños ni alerta de ... Wed, 02 Nov 2016 02:55:00 +0100.

TOKIO.- Un terremoto de magnitud 4,9 grados en la escala abierta de Richter sacudió hoy el noreste de Japón sin producir daños de relevancia ni activar la alerta de tsunami, según informó la Agencia Meteorológica de Japón (JMA). El temblor
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Tech 3 mins ago 6:24 p.m. Survival Capsule could save lives in tsunamiWed, 02 Nov 2016 02:29:00 +0100.

They look a bit like something you'd see in space. But they could save your life in the event of a tsunami. At least, that's according to Seattle aerospace engineer Julian Sharpe. "I had the idea while weekending in Cannon Beach and I thoug
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Sismo de 4,9 grados sacudió el noreste de JapónWed, 02 Nov 2016 02:06:00 +0100.

Un terremoto de magnitud 4,9 grados en la escala abierta de Richter sacudió este martes el noreste de Japón sin producir daños de relevancia ni activar la alerta de tsunami, según informó la Agencia Meteorológica de Japón (JMA). El temblor
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Olympics: Tokyo panel details venue changes, cost cuts for 2020 GamesWed, 02 Nov 2016 00:32:00 +0100.

Tokyo • The rowing and canoeing venue for the 2020 Olympics should either be moved to a site hundreds of miles (kilometers) away in northern Japan or downgraded to a temporary facility in Tokyo, a city government cost-cutting panel said Tue
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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),