M 5.1 in Wallis and Futuna on 18 Oct 2020 09:42 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 1239781
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.6309 , -177.2712
Event Date: 18 Oct 2020 09:42 UTC
17 Oct 2020 21:42 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Oct 2020 10:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Wallis & Futuna)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000c95r Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

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WWII ‘earthquake’ bomb explodes underwater while being defusedWed, 14 Oct 2020 22:38:00 +0200.

The largest World War II bomb ever found in Poland exploded underwater as specialists attempted a delicate operation to defuse it. An earth-shaking blast from the 5.4-ton “Tallboy” bomb was unleashed by Polish naval demolition experts Tuesd
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The largest World War II bomb ever found in Poland was blown up in a r ... Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:49:00 +0200.

A "Tallboy" bomb dropped by the British RAF during World War II is detonated in a waterway leading to the port of Szczecinin, in northwestern Poland, October 13, 2020. Polish Ministry of Defense The Polish navy detonated a "Tallboy" bomb d
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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),