M 5.9 in Vanuatu on 06 Sep 2019 15:27 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 1188073
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 29.11 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.1971 , 169.0722
Event Date: 06 Sep 2019 15:27 UTC
07 Sep 2019 02:27 Local
Exposed Population: About 33000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Sep 2019 15:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70005cu5 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 6 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Vanuatu: Vanuatu: Ambrym Volcano & Earthquake - Emergency Plan of Acti ... Sat, 31 Aug 2019 12:46:00 +0200.

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS. Description of the disaster. The Malampa province in the archipelago of Vanuatu has a volcanic island Ambrym consists of a population of approximately 7,286 people according to the census of 2016. The volcanic major u
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India, UAE to intensify cooperation in de-radicalisationSat, 24 Aug 2019 19:38:00 +0200.

and the UAE on Saturday agreed to boost their bilateral cooperation in de-radicalisation. The agreement was made during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh on Saturday. "Talks between Modi and Abu D
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Large earthquake strikes between Vanuatu, Solomon Islands 49 minutes a ... Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:53:00 +0200.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck north of the archipelago of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) says. There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties from the quake, which the agency said
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Séisme de magnitude 6 à Taïwan, une femme tuée, des bâtiments privés d ... Thu, 08 Aug 2019 11:12:00 +0200.

Plusieurs fortes secousses se sont produites ces dernières heures, de l’Asie centrale au Pacifique sud. À Taïwan, une femme a été tuée par la chute d'une armoire, et 10 000 foyers ont été privés d'électricité. de magnitude 6,0 a frappé au
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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),