M 4.8 in Vanuatu on 21 May 2017 09:26 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 1113511
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.2554 , 168.4365
Event Date: 21 May 2017 09:26 UTC
21 May 2017 20:26 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 May 2017 09:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008u0b Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 231 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Orangtua Almarhum Briptu Taufan Masih Berdoa di PemakamanThu, 25 May 2017 08:53:00 +0200.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Usai upacara pemakaman Briptu Taufan Tsunami di TPU Pondok Ranggon, kedua orangtua almarhum masih berada di tempat pemakaman sambil terus berdzikir. "Astagfirullahaladzim, Astagfirullahaladzim, Astagfirullahaladzim," t
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Tangis dan Haru Iringi Pemakaman Bripda Taufan di TPU Pondok RanggonThu, 25 May 2017 08:08:00 +0200.

KOMPAS.COM/Anggita Muslimah Pemakaman Bripda Taufan Tsunami, anggota polisi yang gugur saat bekerja, korban ledakan di Kampung Melayu, dimakamkan di TPU Pondok Rangon, Jakarta Timur pada Kamis (25/5/2017). JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Jenazah Bri
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Almarhum Bripda Taufan Tsunami Dinaikkan Pangkatnya Jadi BriptuThu, 25 May 2017 07:23:00 +0200.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Wakapolda Metro Jaya Brigjen Suntana mengatakan almarhum Taufan Tsunami naik pangkat dari Bripda menjadi Briptu. "Atas nama bangsa dan negara Republik Indonesia ini, mempersembahkan kepada persada ibu pertiwi jiwa dan
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Casos indignantes de bromas en medio de las tragediasThu, 25 May 2017 07:07:00 +0200.

El paso del El vicejefe de Gabinete de Argentina Mario Quintana por el programa "A dos voces" quedó envuelto en la polémica. Uno de los conductores preguntó si todos los ministros regresarían juntos de una reunión y Quintana, haciendo refer
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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),