M 5.5 in Vanuatu on 22 Jul 2018 21:21 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 1151208
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 99.82 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.9336 , 168.9131
Event Date: 22 Jul 2018 21:21 UTC
23 Jul 2018 08:21 Local
Exposed Population: About 36000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Jul 2018 21:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000gbew Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 33 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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Un sismo de 5,5 se registra en VanuatuMon, 23 Jul 2018 00:35:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 5,5 se ha registrado en Vanuatu, una nación formada por 80 islas en el Pacífico Sur, informa el Centro Sismológico Euromediterráneo (CSEM). El foco del sismo se ha ubicado a 85 kilómetros de la isla Isangel , a 100
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Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes off Vanuatu in South PacificTue, 17 Jul 2018 10:52:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck north of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, reports. Reuters There was no immediate tsunami warning or any reports of damage or casualt
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Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes off Vanuatu in South Pacific - USGSTue, 17 Jul 2018 10:32:00 +0200.

SINGAPORE, July 17 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck north of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. There was no immediate tsunami warning or any reports of dam
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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),