M 6.4 in Vanuatu on 20 Sep 2017 20:09 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 1121954
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Depth: 200.19 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.7978 , 169.0947
Event Date: 20 Sep 2017 20:09 UTC
21 Sep 2017 07:09 Local
Exposed Population: About 35000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Sep 2017 20:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000as2f Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 696 | About casualties: 40 | Last hour: 0

Faced with multiple natural disasters, charities broaden their appealsSun, 24 Sep 2017 20:03:00 +0200.

A flood of natural disasters around the world in the last month has some aid organizations taking a different approach to fundraising to prevent donor fatigue. For weeks, Canadians have been inundated with video of the damage caused by Hurr
...(more)
Keine weiteren AtomtestsSun, 24 Sep 2017 19:57:00 +0200.

Der IPPNW-Vorstand erklärt zum Konflikt mit Nordkorea: Die Welt rückt näher an einen möglichen Atomkrieg. Diese Woche hat US-Präsident Trump auf der UN-Vollversammlung damit gedroht, Nordkorea ‘total auszulöschen’. Die Androh
...(more)
Hopes for Mexico quake survivors dim as search enters sixth daySun, 24 Sep 2017 19:50:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A fresh aftershock rattled southwestern Mexico on Sunday as thousands of rescuers toiled for the sixth straight day despite fading hopes of pulling survivors from the ruins of the country’s deadliest earthquake in 32
...(more)
Video. Furtuna care dă impresia unui „tsunami” pe cerSun, 24 Sep 2017 19:25:00 +0200.

Video Furtuna care d impresia unui tsunami” pe cer. Fotografiile unei furtuni care a avut loc pe 31 august, în orașul Hinesville, din Georgia, au atras atenția internauților. Și nu e de mirare de ce: în poze poate fi văzut un perete de nor
...(more)

View more news

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 (48), (3), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),