M 6.4 in Vanuatu on 02 Dec 2012 00:54 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 121210
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Depth: 34.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.0123 , 167.626
Event Date: 02 Dec 2012 00:54 UTC
02 Dec 2012 11:54 Local
Exposed Population:
About 65612 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Dec 2012 01:14 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usc000e26u Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

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Japan targets high-spending, middle-class Filipino tourists 12/6/2012 12:28:00 AM.

MANILA, Philippines - Citing the country’s “very robust economic growth,” officials from the Japanese tourism office and travel agents are now eyeing to attract high-spending middle-class travelers from the Philippines to visit Japan.
World › New map highlights hotspots for mega-quakes 12/6/2012 12:17:00 AM.

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6.2-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu: CENC 12/2/2012 3:12:00 AM.

BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Vanuatu at 8:54 a.m. Sunday (Beijing Time), said the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a depth of about 30 km, was at 17.0 degrees south latitude and 1
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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),