M 5.1 in British Indian Ocean Territory on 13 Jan 2017 05:30 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 1103112
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.7621 , 68.5457
Event Date: 13 Jan 2017 05:30 UTC
13 Jan 2017 10:30 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Jan 2017 06:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007t0z Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 390 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

WCO supports transparency and open flow of information in times of cri ... Tue, 17 Jan 2017 03:39:00 +0100.

. Brussels, 21 March 2011. Press Release. On behalf of the Members and Secretariat of the World Customs Organization, Secretary General Mikuriya expresses his sincere condolences and sympathy to the people of Japan at their time of loss and
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5.7 magnitude earthquake felt near VanuatuTue, 17 Jan 2017 02:21:00 +0100.

. An earthquake measuring 5.7 struck early on Tuesday (local time) about 227 km north-northwest of Santo near the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, the U.S. Geological Survey said. No tsunami warning was issued.
Mild Quake Hits Vanuatu, No Casualties or Damage ReportedTue, 17 Jan 2017 02:20:00 +0100.

SYDNEY – A magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck on Monday the northern region of Vanuatu, but no casualties or damage were reported, nor any tsunami warning issued. The United States Geological Survey, which records seismic activity worldwide, l
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زلزال بقوة 5.7 درجة قبالة فانواتو - خارجياتTue, 17 Jan 2017 00:12:00 +0100.

قالت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأميركية إن زلزالا قوته 5.7 درجة وقع في ساعة مبكرة من صباح الثلاثاء على بعد نحو 227 كيلومترا شمال غربي سانتو قرب دولة فانواتو بجنوب المحيط الهادي. وأضافت الهيئة أن الزلزال وقع على عمق عشرة كيلومترات. ولم يصدر مركز
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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),