M 4.7 in Vanuatu on 23 Mar 2019 00:09 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 1174169
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 147.88 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.4094 , 169.1625
Event Date: 23 Mar 2019 00:09 UTC
23 Mar 2019 11:09 Local
Exposed Population:
About 35000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Mar 2019 00:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000jkjk Scaled population (vector) 5.33  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 5 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Pacific ReviewFri, 22 Mar 2019 23:06:00 +0100.

In this edition: No free ride for Solomon Islands' next batch of MPs, as tax is reimposed on their salaries. The chocolate growers of Bougainville on the look out for niche markets in Australia and beyond. And the 10 year old "wonderboy" wh
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Vanuatu earthquake: Huge 6.3 magnitude quake strikes island visited by ... Fri, 22 Mar 2019 04:23:00 +0100.

The United States Geological Survey has recorded massive tremors on the island of Vanuatu. Located in the small island nation off the coast of Peru, a magnitude of 6.3 has been detected. The earthquake could cause death and massive economic
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Vanuatu earthquake: Huge 6.3 magnitude quake strikes island visited by ... Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:14:00 +0100.

The United States Geological Survey has recorded massive tremors on the island of Vanuatu. Located in the small island nation off the coast of Peru, a magnitude of 6.1 has been detected. The earthquake could cause death and massive economic
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Pacific ReviewFri, 15 Mar 2019 22:45:00 +0100.

In this edition: We look at what's at stake for the people of Bougainville when they go to the polls to vote on independence later this year. The Vanuatu government has pledged to ban disposable nappies to reduce plastic waste, but can it b
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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),