M 6.2 in Vanuatu on 16 Feb 2021 00:49 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 1256120
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 5.59 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.8192 , 167.5901
Event Date: 16 Feb 2021 00:49 UTC
16 Feb 2021 11:49 Local
Exposed Population: About 77000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Feb 2021 03:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.1 0.1
us6000dhxn Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0.18m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.18m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.12      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 357 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Event. A magnitude-5.3 offshore earthquake occurred in the Coral Sea west of central Vanuatu at approximately 2020 Feb. 19. The epicenter was about 71 km (44 miles) west of Port Vila. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles),
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An earthquake of average magnitude 4.2 on the Richter scale 57 km sout ... Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:14:00 +0100.

I felt this earthquake. Date and time: February 18, 2021, 7:09 pm (GMT +9) local time (February 18, 2021 10:09 GMT) Size: 4.2 depth: 30.0 km latitude / center longitude: 24.3 degrees north / 125.2 degrees east ( Philippine Sea, Japan)) Prim
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Terremoto de 6.2 grados sacudió el archipiélago de VanuatuThu, 18 Feb 2021 16:52:00 +0100.

. Un terremoto de magnitud 6,2 sacudió este jueves las aguas al suroeste del archipiélago de Vanuatu, en el Pacífico Sur. Las autoridades de la zona no informaron sobre víctimas ni de daños materiales. El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unid
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Shallow M6.1 hits southeast of Loyalty Islands, M6.2 off Port Vila - b ... Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:25:00 +0100.

The epicenter of M6.1 earthquake at 22:49 UTC on February 17 was located 439 km (273 miles) ESE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. It was preceded by M5.0 at 10:51 UTC and M5.2 at 12:59 UTC on February 17, and followed by M4.9 at 23
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),