Overall Green Earthquake alert in Fiji on 10 Jun 2023 09:12 UTC

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M 5.8 in Fiji on 10 Jun 2023 09:12 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-15.977 , -179.1556
Event Date:	10 Jun 2023 09:12 UTC 10 Jun 2023 21:12 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected in MMI&>=III
Source:	NEIC us7000k7m3
Inserted at:	10 Jun 2023 09:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000k7m3	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1510073		0	10 Jun 2023 09:12	5.8M, 10km	7.38	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:24	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* 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 alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1510073	-179.156/-15.977	5.8	10	7.383	10 Jun 2023 09:40	00:27	(new episode)
2	1510073	-179.156/-15.977	5.8	10	7.383	10 Jun 2023 09:46	00:34	(upd of #1)
3	1510073	-179.156/-15.977	5.8	10	7.383	10 Jun 2023 11:16	02:03	(upd of #2)
4	1510073	-179.156/-15.977	5.8	10	7.383	11 Jun 2023 09:40	1d 00:27	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Fiji	Fiji	4600 people
	Fiji	Fiji	1200 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Nambouono	Fiji	Village	-	93 km
Nukusa	Fiji	Village	-	105 km
Tawake	Fiji	Village	-	109 km
Napuka	Fiji	Village	-	115 km
Vunikura	Fiji	Village	-	126 km
Naua	Fiji	Village	-	131 km
Vunivatu	Fiji	Village	-	146 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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