M 5.2 in Vanuatu on 10 Aug 2022 06:59 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 1333298
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 157.627 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.2659 , 169.2636
Event Date: 10 Aug 2022 06:59 UTC
10 Aug 2022 17:59 Local
Exposed Population:
8 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 10 Aug 2022 07:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000i9my Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),