M 5.5 in Vanuatu on 09 Jan 2021 01:39 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 1250853
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 183.67 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.1755 , 167.9359
Event Date: 09 Jan 2021 01:39 UTC
09 Jan 2021 12:39 Local
Exposed Population:
About 86000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Jan 2021 01:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000d6xb Scaled population (vector) 5.03  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 31 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Bright fireball over Kamchatka, RussiaTue, 12 Jan 2021 18:24:00 +0100.

A bright meteor was reported over the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, on Tuesday morning, January 12, 2021. The object burnt up before reaching the ground and was less than 10 m (33 feet) in diameter, preliminary assessments suggested. "We wer
...(more)
Séisme de magnitude 6 au large du centre des VanuatuMon, 11 Jan 2021 10:20:00 +0100.

CATastrophes NATurelles.net, l'observatoire permanent des catastrophes naturelles : veille permanente et archivage de l'actualité des catastrophes naturelles, de la gestion des risques naturels et des changements climatiques. Service de vei
...(more)
Strong M6.1 earthquake hits VanuatuSun, 10 Jan 2021 10:58:00 +0100.

A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit Vanuatu at 06:48 UTC on January 10, 2021. The agency is reporting a depth of 160 km (99 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 162 km (100 miles). The epicenter was located 47.4 k
...(more)
Un seísmo de magnitud 6 sacude el archipiélago de Vanuatu en el Pacífi ... Sun, 10 Jan 2021 09:20:00 +0100.

Bangkok, 10 ene (EFE).- Un terremoto de magnitud 6 sacudió este lunes las costas del sur del archipiélago de Vanuatu, en el Pacífico Sur, sin que las autoridades hayan informado por el momento de víctimas ni de daños materiales. The post Un
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),