M 4.8 in Loyalty Islands on 06 Jan 2023 05:36 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 1353284
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.9535 , 168.9641
Event Date: 06 Jan 2023 05:36 UTC
06 Jan 2023 16:36 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in MMI&>=II
Inserted at: 06 Jan 2023 08:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000j2hm Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Un fuerte sismo de magnitud 7,6 frente a las costas de Indonesia y Timor Oriental dañó casas y provocó el pánico entre los residentes de unas islas cercanas, que huyeron en pánico. El epicentro del sismo se situó a 427 kilómetros al sur
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),