M 4.6 in Vanuatu on 20 May 2019 07:34 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 1180058
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.1965 , 167.7434
Event Date: 20 May 2019 07:34 UTC
20 May 2019 18:34 Local
Exposed Population:
About 72000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 May 2019 19:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70003nn6 Scaled population (vector) 3.92  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 5 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Pacific regionTue, 21 May 2019 05:09:00 +0200.

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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Tsunami alert issued after powerful quake hits Papua New GuineaTue, 14 May 2019 16:50:00 +0200.

A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 7.5 has struck Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami alert for the country and the nearby Solomon Islands. The quake was centered 28 miles northeast of Kokopo and hit at a relatively shallow depth
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Tsunami alert issued after powerful quake hits Papua New GuineaTue, 14 May 2019 16:37:00 +0200.

A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 7.5 has struck Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami alert for the country and the nearby Solomon Islands. The quake was centered 28 miles northeast of Kokopo and hit at a relatively shallow depth
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Un tremblement de terre ressenti à plusieurs endroits de CalédonieFri, 10 May 2019 16:23:00 +0200.

A lire les internautes, il a été ressenti à Lifou, Maré, Ouvéa, Païta, Dumbéa, le Mont-Dore, Nouméa, Touho, Koumac ou encore Thio: un tremblement de terre s’est produit dans le Sud du Vanuatu ce vendredi soir, vers 19h45. Magnitude Sa magni
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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),