M 5.6 in Vanuatu on 25 May 2019 10:31 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 1180509
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 140.64 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.9874 , 169.0296
Event Date: 25 May 2019 10:31 UTC
25 May 2019 21:31 Local
Exposed Population: About 35000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 May 2019 10:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60003s2g Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 7 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

7.2 QUAKE STRIKES OFF VANUATU, NO HARM REPORTEDMon, 27 May 2019 05:16:00 +0200.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Aug. 1) – The U.S. Geological Survey says a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the southeast of Santo in Vanuatu early this morning. It says the quake was at a depth of 172.7 kilometers
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No Tsunami Threat After Latest Solomon Islands EarthquakeSat, 25 May 2019 10:17:00 +0200.

Earthquakes latest in recent Melanesian series. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, May 23, 2015) – The Solomon Islands has been struck by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake, the second large one today. The latest quake, with
...(more)
Pacific regionTue, 21 May 2019 05:09:00 +0200.

Natural disasters ranging from cyclones to floods, droughts and earthquakes frequently occur in the Pacific region. The pacific island countries (including Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Vanuatu) rank amon
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Tsunami alert issued after powerful quake hits Papua New GuineaTue, 14 May 2019 16:50:00 +0200.

A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 7.5 has struck Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami alert for the country and the nearby Solomon Islands. The quake was centered 28 miles northeast of Kokopo and hit at a relatively shallow depth
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),