M 6 in Vanuatu on 24 Aug 2019 15:51 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 1187629
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 114.65 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.3198 , 167.1749
Event Date: 24 Aug 2019 15:51 UTC
25 Aug 2019 02:51 Local
Exposed Population: About 19000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Aug 2019 15:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us700057v4 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 15 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

India, UAE to intensify cooperation in de-radicalisationSat, 24 Aug 2019 19:38:00 +0200.

and the UAE on Saturday agreed to boost their bilateral cooperation in de-radicalisation. The agreement was made during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh on Saturday. "Talks between Modi and Abu D
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Large earthquake strikes between Vanuatu, Solomon Islands 49 minutes a ... Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:53:00 +0200.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck north of the archipelago of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) says. There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties from the quake, which the agency said
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Call for more investment to cope with extreme weather in PacificMon, 19 Aug 2019 04:39:00 +0200.

The Samoa meeting brought together directors from the international development agency - the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS), donor and funding agencies as well as the private sector to strengthen climate and weathe
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Séisme de magnitude 6 à Taïwan, une femme tuée, des bâtiments privés d ... Thu, 08 Aug 2019 11:12:00 +0200.

Plusieurs fortes secousses se sont produites ces dernières heures, de l’Asie centrale au Pacifique sud. À Taïwan, une femme a été tuée par la chute d'une armoire, et 10 000 foyers ont été privés d'électricité. de magnitude 6,0 a frappé au
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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),