M 5.1 in Vanuatu on 12 Feb 2019 10:53 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 1170591
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.0616 , 168.0856
Event Date: 12 Feb 2019 10:53 UTC
12 Feb 2019 21:53 Local
Exposed Population:
About 34000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Feb 2019 11:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000jgl9 Scaled population (vector) 4.85  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 9 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

World: Humanitarian Assistance in Review: East Asia and the Pacific | ... Fri, 08 Feb 2019 01:31:00 +0100.

Recurrent drought, earthquakes, floods, typhoons, and volcanoes present significant challenges to vulnerable populations in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region. Some countries also face civil unrest and associated humanitarian impact
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Indonesia: Appeal Updates – Vanuatu and IndonesiaThu, 31 Jan 2019 06:55:00 +0100.

AMBAE, VANUATU. Try to imagine yourself living in a tent for months, away from your home, with no idea when you will have more stable accommodation. You feel insecure, have no income, and the tropical wet season has arrived. This is what th
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VANUATU PRIME MINISTER NATAPEI HEADS FOR CANBERRA SEEKING EARTHQUAKE A ... Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:37:00 +0100.

PORT VILA, Vanuatu (February 4, 2002 – Radio Australia)---Vanuatu's Prime Minister Edward Natapei will hold talks in Canberra this week. He will be seeking additional aid for his island nation following last month's earthquake, which hit th
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Pacific regionWed, 30 Jan 2019 04:25:00 +0100.

Natural disasters ranging from cyclones to floods, droughts and earthquakes frequently occur in the Pacific region. The pacific island countries (including Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Vanuatu) rank amon
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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),