M 4.7 in Vanuatu on 30 Jun 2021 20:16 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 1275279
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.9048 , 171.8141
Event Date: 30 Jun 2021 20:16 UTC
01 Jul 2021 07:16 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Jul 2021 13:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ehtu Scaled population (vector) -0.15  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 9 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Moderate magnitude 4.9 quake hits 33 km north of Isangel, Vanuatu earl ... Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:17:00 +0200.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Isangel, Tafea Province, Vanuatu, was reported only 21 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity wor
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Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake 85 km northwest of Sola, VanuatuThu, 01 Jul 2021 17:43:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred only 16 minutes ago 85 km northwest of Sola, Vanuatu, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported. The quake hit at an intermediate to considerable depth of 185 km beneath th
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Light mag. 4.8 earthquake - Coral Sea, 53 km southeast of Hiw Island, ... Thu, 01 Jul 2021 17:43:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred only 16 minutes ago 85 km northwest of Sola, Vanuatu, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported. The quake hit at an intermediate to considerable depth of 185 km beneath th
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Vanuatu: Magnitude-5.3 offshore earthquake occurs in Vanuatu at around ... Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:24:00 +0200.

Event. A magnitude-5.3 offshore earthquake occurred near Vanuatu at around 14:14 June 29. The epicenter was about 41 km (25 miles) northeast of Luganville. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 122 km (76 miles), and light shaking was pro
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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),