M 6 in Indonesia on 17 Oct 2012 04:42 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 120276
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 337.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.1906 , 124.573
Event Date: 17 Oct 2012 04:42 UTC
17 Oct 2012 12:42 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Oct 2012 05:05 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000d7a8 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 359 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Terremoto de 6,6 grados sacude las islas Vanuatu, en el Pacífico SurSun, 21 Oct 2012 04:31:00 +0200.

Vanuatu se ubica cerca del llamado "Anillo de Fuego del Pacífico" y de los volcanes submarinos de la Cuenca de Lau, por lo que registra habitualmente sacudidas de origen sísmico.
Starkes Erdbeben in VanuatuSun, 21 Oct 2012 04:09:00 +0200.

Neue Luzerner Zeitung Online, 21. Oktober 2012, 03:45 Starkes Erdbeben in Vanuatu Die Insel Ambae, Teil der Inselkette Vanuatu (Symbolbild) (Bild: Keystone) Im Pazifik-Staat Vanuatu ist ein starkes Erdbeben gemessen worden. Nach Angaben de
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Starkes Erdbeben in VanuatuSun, 21 Oct 2012 04:08:00 +0200.

Neue Luzerner Zeitung Online, 21. Oktober 2012, 03:45 Starkes Erdbeben in Vanuatu Die Insel Ambae, Teil der Inselkette Vanuatu (Symbolbild) (Bild: Keystone) Im Pazifik-Staat Vanuatu ist ein starkes Erdbeben gemessen worden. Nach Angaben de
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Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes north-northwest of Vanuatu-USGSSun, 21 Oct 2012 04:02:00 +0200.

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:35 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck at 2300 GMT Saturday north-northwest of Vanuatu, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The temblor, at a depth of 22 miles
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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),