M 4.9 in Vanuatu on 28 Oct 2013 04:48 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 1010250
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 91.75 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.88 , 168.36
Event Date: 28 Oct 2013 04:48 UTC
28 Oct 2013 15:48 Local
Exposed Population:
About 25425 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Oct 2013 05:08 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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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Latest media headlines

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Regulador nuclear y empresarios discuten situación de FukushimaMon, 28 Oct 2013 19:29:00 +0100.

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Dreams can come true: Mother takes adorable photos capturing her sleep ... Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:57:00 +0100.

Artist and mother Queenie Liao from California waits until her baby boy Wengenn is asleep before creating enchanting fairy tale scenes around him.
Speeches: Remarks at a Reception in Commemoration of the 180th Anniver ... Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:24:00 +0100.

Remarks at a Reception in Commemoration of the 180th Anniversary of Thai-U.S. Relations Remarks Daniel R. Russel Assistant Secretary , Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs National Archives Washington, DC October 25, 2013 7:00 p.m. It’s
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),