M 6 in Fiji on 18 Jan 2016 18:24 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 1078822
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 14.81 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.4706 , 176.2113
Event Date: 18 Jan 2016 18:24 UTC
19 Jan 2016 06:24 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Jan 2016 18:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 210 | About casualties: 46 | Last hour: 0

The 'very real' tsunami threat to millions that could strike west coas ... Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:45:00 +0100.

GETTY Jon Austin Scientists say the risk of a west coast tsunami is very real The tsunami, which could hit populated shores in just 15 minutes from a magnitude nine undersea overdue earthquake, would be caused by seismic activity in the Cas
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Tsunami Pernah Berulang di Selatan JawaFri, 22 Jan 2016 17:13:00 +0100.

KOMPAS.com - Pantai selatan Pulau Jawa telah lama dicurigai para ahli pernah dilanda tsunami besar pada masa lalu, tetapi bukti tertulis tentang hal ini sangat minim. Penelitian paleotsunami terbaru mengonfirmasi adanya jejak tsunami yang b
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ONEMI informa vías de escape en Carnaval en caso de ocurrencia de algú ... Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:05:00 +0100.

En el contexto del Carnaval “Con la Fuerza del Sol”, el director regional de la ONEMI, Frank Schmauck, informó a la comunidad y asistentes del evento las vías de escape , en caso de la ocurrencia de algún movimiento telúrico con característ
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Terremoto en Santiago, ¿cuáles son los mitos?Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:41:00 +0100.

Los mitos y suposiciones en torno a los terremotos viajan de boca en boca por estos días en Santiago de Cuba, desde que el pasado domingo comenzara a registrarse una actividad sísmica anómala a unos 40 km al suroeste de la ciudad. Por tal m
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),