M 5.4 in Vanuatu on 01 Mar 2021 03:29 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 1257973
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 50.67 Km
Lat/Lon: -13.1729 , 166.6639
Event Date: 01 Mar 2021 03:29 UTC
01 Mar 2021 14:29 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Mar 2021 17:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000degw Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 517 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Pacific quake sets off tsunami, threat lifts in New ZealandFri, 05 Mar 2021 03:26:00 +0100.

The magnitude 8.1 quake in the Kermadec Islands region about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from New Zealand was the largest in a series of tremors over several hours, including two earlier quakes that registered magnitude 7.4 and magnitude 7
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Evacuations massives après une alerte au tsunami à travers le Pacifiqu ... Fri, 05 Mar 2021 03:25:00 +0100.

Des dizaines de milliers d'habitants des zones côtières de Nouvelle-Calédonie, de Nouvelle-Zélande et du Vanuatu fuyaient vendredi vers les hauteurs et l'intérieur des terres après une série de puissantes secousses sismiques qui ont déclenc
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New Zealand earthquake – Third monster 8.1-magnitude quake hits off NZ ... Fri, 05 Mar 2021 03:23:00 +0100.

New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency has issued a tsunami warning after the magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck around 8.29am New Zealand time at a depth of 10 km. It sparked a series of tremors for hours afterwards, with a number
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Evacuations massives après une alerte au tsunami à travers le Pacifiqu ... Fri, 05 Mar 2021 03:22:00 +0100.

Des dizaines de milliers d'habitants des zones côtières de Nouvelle-Calédonie, de Nouvelle-Zélande et du Vanuatu fuyaient vendredi vers les hauteurs et l'intérieur des terres après une série de puissantes secousses sismiques qui ont déclenc
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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),