M 5.4 in Vanuatu on 06 Dec 2016 01:21 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 1100106
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 107.67 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.9713 , 167.2393
Event Date: 06 Dec 2016 01:21 UTC
06 Dec 2016 12:21 Local
Exposed Population:
About 67716 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Dec 2016 01:34 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10007f33 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 957 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Australia announces $1 million in assistance for Aceh earthquakeSat, 10 Dec 2016 01:13:00 +0100.

"We will be providing 1500 packages for family needs, 2200 tarpaulins and 100 tents," it said in the statement. It said $1 million would be channelled through the Indonesian Red Cross, as requested by Indonesia. The earthquake struck just
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Fukuşima'dan yayılan radyasyon ABD'ye ulaştıSat, 10 Dec 2016 01:12:00 +0100.

Japonya'da 2011 yılında yaşanan deprem ve tsunaminin ardından zarar gören Fukuşima nükleer santralinden çevreye yayılan radyasyonun ABD kıyılarına ulaştığı bildirildi. Araştırmacılar, Oregon eyaletinde Tillamook Körfezi ve Gold Sahili'nde
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Strong Earthquake Hits Solomon Islands for 2nd Day in a RowSat, 10 Dec 2016 01:10:00 +0100.

An earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck early Saturday off the coast of the Solomon Islands, one day after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the same area. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no major tsunami threat, but cautioned
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Fukuşima'dan sızan radyasyon ABD'ye ulaştıSat, 10 Dec 2016 01:09:00 +0100.

Japonya'da 2011 yılında yaşanan deprem ve tsunaminin ardından zarar gören Fukuşima nükleer santralinden çevreye yayılan radyasyonun ABD kıyılarına ulaştığı bildirildi. Araştırmacılar, Oregon eyaletinde Tillamook Körfezi ve Gold Sahili'nde d
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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),