Overall Green Earthquake alert in Vanuatu on 21 Apr 2024 14:37 UTC

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M 4.6 in Vanuatu on 21 Apr 2024 14:37 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 1425181
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	42.5 Km
Lat/Lon:	-13.1465 , 166.395
Event Date:	21 Apr 2024 14:37 UTC 22 Apr 2024 01:37 Local
Exposed Population:	1 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at:	21 Apr 2024 15:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000mdnr	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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