M 4.5 in Vanuatu on 01 Jul 2020 20:17 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 1224766
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 112.22 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.3599 , 169.7655
Event Date: 01 Jul 2020 20:17 UTC
02 Jul 2020 07:17 Local
Exposed Population:
About 8000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Jul 2020 21:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ag6m Scaled population (vector) 3.79  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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

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New Zealand earthquake: Huge 7.4 quake sparks tsunami warning - touris ... Fri, 19 Jun 2020 05:33:00 +0200.

New Zealand and nearby tourist hotspots Fiji and Vanuatu have been put on alert over tsunami waves from the quake which struck north of New Zealand at 1.50pm BST. In its latest alert to national authorities, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Cent
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Un terremoto de 7,4º de sacude Nueva Zelanda y provocó una alerta de t ... Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:12:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de 7,4º de sacude Nueva Zelanda y provocó una alerta de tsunami El Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis del Pacífico advirtió que se esperan olas en Fiji, Islas Kermadec, Nueva Caledonia, Nueva Zelanda, Niue, Tonga y Vanuatu. Nueva Ze
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Online art auction going on to help artistsWed, 17 Jun 2020 04:47:00 +0200.

Kublai Millan art piece for “Art for a Living” auction. “Art for a Living,” an online art auction by artists for artists, is being held until June 21 in support of visual artists badly hit by the pandemic. Over 70 artists led by Kublai Mill
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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),