M 6.6 in Vanuatu from 14 Apr 2012 22:05 UTC to 22:05

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 116102
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 33 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.055 , 168.794
Event Date: 14 Apr 2012 22:05 UTC
15 Apr 2012 09:05 Local
Exposed Population:
About 35546 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Apr 2012 22:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 1 0.5
at00m2hpd4 Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Gempa Guncang Aceh dan Papua, Tak Berpotensi Tsunami 4/18/2012 10:02:00 PM.

Dua gempa terjadi dalam waktu yang berdekatan terjadi di wilayah Papua dan Aceh. Meski kekuatannya cukup besar, gempa tersebut tak berpotensi tsunami.
Iste firtinanin nedeni 4/18/2012 9:38:00 PM.

Bugün basta Istanbul ve Ankara olmak üzere Türkiye'nin önemli bir bölümünde sid... Bogaziçi Üniversitesi Kandilli Rasathanesi'nden Meteoroloji Mühendisi Adil Tek firtinanin neden olustuguyla ilgili açiklama yapti: Italya üzerinden Akdeniz'e
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Jejak Gempa Aceh Bisa Guncang Selatan Jawa 4/18/2012 7:28:00 PM.

PADANG, suaramerdeka.com - Sejumlah ilmuan memperkirakan gempa di Aceh 8,5 SR dimungkinkan memicu terjadinya gempa di daerah lain yang masih ...
LE MOT DE LA SEMAINE - “BIMYÔ” : "CHAIS PAS TROP” 4/18/2012 7:21:00 PM.

En ce printemps 2012, une trinité résume l’humeur des Japonais : le tsunami, Fukushima et AKB48. Par l’engouement que suscite dans l’archipel cet AKB48, on réalise qu’il existe une vie en marge d’un quotidien plombé par les séquelles trauma
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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 (81), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),