Overall Green Earthquake alert in Fiji on 17 Nov 2018 16:43 UTC

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M 5.2 in Fiji on 17 Nov 2018 16:43 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.2M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-15.6658 , -179.9727
Event Date:	17 Nov 2018 16:43 UTC 18 Nov 2018 05:43 Local
Exposed Population:	About 20000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000ht8c
Inserted at:	17 Nov 2018 17:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.4 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us1000ht8c	Scaled population (vector)	3.58
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.8

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1237305		0	17 Nov 2018 16:43	5.2M, 10km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:18	NEIC

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* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Fiji , of Fiji (population 755,000) . The nearest places are Nalele, Nambouono, Nukusa, Tawake, and Namukalau.

Radius	Population
100 km	21000 people
75 km	4300 people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Fiji	Fiji	760000 people
Wallis & Futuna	Wallis and Futuna	14000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Nalele	Fiji	Village	-	12 km
Nambouono	Fiji	Village	-	53 km
Nukusa	Fiji	Village	-	59 km
Tawake	Fiji	Village	-	66 km
Namukalau	Fiji	Village	-	68 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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