M 6.6 in Vanuatu on 31 Jul 2019 15:02 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 1185162
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 179.11 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.1638 , 167.9462
Event Date: 31 Jul 2019 15:02 UTC
01 Aug 2019 02:02 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
About 86000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2019 15:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us60004xz4 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.12      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 12 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Bangkok soportó fuerte terremoto Bangkok.- Un terremoto de 6,6 grados ... Thu, 01 Aug 2019 09:37:00 +0200.

Bangkok.- Un terremoto de 6,6 grados de magnitud sacudió ayer las costas del archipiélago de Vanuatu, en el Pacífico Sur, sin que se haya emitido una alerta por tsunami. El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS), que registra la activi
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Terremoto de 6,6 grados sacudió costa de VanuatuThu, 01 Aug 2019 09:37:00 +0200.

Pacífico Sur Terremoto de 6,6 grados sacudió costa de Vanuatu. > El Estado, con unos 250.000 habitantes está formada por un archipiélago de origen volcánico. Bangkok.- Un terremoto de 6,6 grados de magnitud sacudió ayer las costas del arch
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31 July 2019 -Strong Earthquake in Vanuatu Islands on 31 July 2019 at ... Thu, 01 Aug 2019 05:30:00 +0200.

JMM/POCGN(O)/BK-23B Ruj. Kami: JMM.APL15/756/22/07 Jld.16(20) PRESS RELEASE Strong Earthquake in Vanuatu Islands A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale occurred near Vanuatu Islands at 11:02pm (Malaysian Local Time) on 31
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6.6 magnitude earthquake strikes VanuatuWed, 31 Jul 2019 23:12:00 +0200.

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck near the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck at a depth of 167 kilometres, about 52 kilometres east of Lakat
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),