M 4.8 in Vanuatu on 10 Jan 2019 17:58 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 1167695
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.1405 , 167.1356
Event Date: 10 Jan 2019 17:58 UTC
11 Jan 2019 04:58 Local
Exposed Population:
About 9000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Jan 2019 19:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000j2lt Scaled population (vector) 3.19  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 8 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Vanuatu: Vanuatu: Ambrym Volcano & Earthquake Emergency Plan of Action ... Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:12:00 +0100.

A. Situation analysis. Description of the disaster. The volcanic activity at Ambrym continued at the level of major unrest since January 2018. Ambrym island hosts the entire population of approximately 7,286 people (2016 census), a volcanic
...(more)
Cancelan alerta de tsunami en Nueva Caledonia tras terremotoFri, 28 Dec 2018 05:30:00 +0100.

El Sistema de Alertas por Tsunami del Pacífico suspendió este miércoles la alerta por riesgo de tsunami emitida tras el terremoto de magnitud 7,5 en el este de Nueva Caledonia. En un comunicado divulgado por el organismo, se señaló que "en
...(more)
8 AñosWed, 26 Dec 2018 04:34:00 +0100.

10:16, 2010-12-25. Un fuerte terremoto de magnitud 7.6 se produjo a poca profundidad bajo el mar en el Pacífico Occidental, cerca de Vanuatu, en horas de la madrugada del domingo (hora local), obligando a emitir una alerta de tsunami, indi
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Vanuatu: Vanuatu Volcano Alert Bulletin n°10 - Abrym Activity (17 Dece ... Fri, 21 Dec 2018 04:55:00 +0100.

AMBRYM VOLCANO. 16°15’00”S 168°07’00”E Summit Elevation 4377ft (1334m) Current Vanuatu Volcano Alert Level: Level 3. Eruptive activity at Ambrym is continuing in the minor eruption state. The Volcanic Alert Level remains Level 3. The volcan
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),