Overall Green Earthquake in Vanuatu on 08 Jun 2026 18:49 UTC

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M 5.4 in Vanuatu on 08 Jun 2026 18:49 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 1544988
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.4M
Depth:	59.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	-21.1981 , 169.9905
Event Date:	08 Jun 2026 18:49 UTC 09 Jun 2026 05:49 Local
Exposed Population:	30 thousand in MMI>=III
Inserted at:	08 Jun 2026 19:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Vanuatu)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000srkc	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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