M 6.1 in Vanuatu on 08 May 2024 08:17 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 1427848
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 12.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.1394 , 167.9978
Event Date: 08 May 2024 08:17 UTC
08 May 2024 19:17 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 08 May 2024 08:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
us6000mx5c Scaled population (raster) 1.49  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 40 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred only 12 minutes ago 92 km northeast of Santo, Vanuatu, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 41 km beneath the epicenter near
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Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - 92 km east of Santo, Santo/Malo, Vanuat ... 2024-05-11T20:38+0200.

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 57 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.06 quakes per year (or 1 qu
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Significant 5.2 quake hits near Port-Olry, Santo/Malo, Vanuatu2024-05-10T03:22+0200.

Just 19 minutes ago, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Port-Olry, Santo/Malo, Vanuatu. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Friday, May 10th, 2024, at 11:50 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface. The event w
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Strong mag. 5.2 earthquake - 100 km east of Port-Olry, Santo/Malo, Van ... 2024-05-10T03:22+0200.

Just 19 minutes ago, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Port-Olry, Santo/Malo, Vanuatu. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Friday, May 10th, 2024, at 11:50 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface. The event w
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),