M 5.5 in Vanuatu on 11 Nov 2023 12:35 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 1400392
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 23.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.8935 , 168.1051
Event Date: 11 Nov 2023 12:35 UTC
11 Nov 2023 23:35 Local
Exposed Population: 3 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 11 Nov 2023 13:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000lac6 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2023. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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BRI coordination urged to mitigate natural disasters2023-11-15T03:04+0100.

Several regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative are among the most severely affected by natural disasters and the effects of climate change, according to a report released by China's Ministry of Emergency Management. The ministry s
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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),