M 5.1 in Vanuatu on 04 Jun 2020 11:21 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 1220984
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 26.04 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.3832 , 167.9018
Event Date: 04 Jun 2020 11:21 UTC
04 Jun 2020 22:21 Local
Exposed Population:
100000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Jun 2020 11:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000a5vr Scaled population (vector) 4.72  
  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

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Vanuatu Volcano Alert Bulletin n°4 - Ambrym Activity (May 28th 2020)Fri, 29 May 2020 07:17:00 +0200.

AMBRYM VOLCANO 1615’00”S 16807’00”E Summit Elevation 4377ft (1334m) Current Vanuatu Volcano Alert Level:** Level 1** **Ambrym volcano is continuing in the minor unrest state. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 1 **. The volcano activ
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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),