M 4.9 in Fiji Islands Region on 19 Feb 2017 11:02 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 1105933
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.78 , -179.6686
Event Date: 19 Feb 2017 11:02 UTC
19 Feb 2017 23:02 Local
Exposed Population:
About 14000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Feb 2017 11:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008ksg Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 268 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Nueva institucionalidad para la reducción del riesgo de desastres y la ... Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:33:00 +0100.

Ante las precariedades evidenciadas por la batalla contra el fuego tras los últimos incendios y cuando recordamos nuevamente el terremoto y tsunami que azotó el sur de nuestro país hace siete años, la propuesta del gobierno de ingresar en m
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Accadde oggi: il 23 febbraio 1995 un terremoto colpisce CiproThu, 23 Feb 2017 09:24:00 +0100.

(Di giovedì 23 febbraio 2017) Un terremoto di magnitudo 5.9 colpì, il 23 febbraio del 1995 , l’isola di Cipro . Due persone morirono nell’area di Paphos. Ci furono decine di case danneggiate. L’intensità massima raggiunta fu del VI grado MC
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Accadde oggi: il 23 febbraio 1995 un terremoto colpisce CiproThu, 23 Feb 2017 08:44:00 +0100.

23 febbraio 2017 - 08:35 Lorenzo Pasqualini Un terremoto di magnitudo 5.9 colpì, il 23 febbraio del 1995, l’isola di Cipro. Due persone morirono nell’area di Paphos. Ci furono decine di case danneggiate. L’intensità massima raggiunta fu del
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Full Article: Small earthquake shakes northwest Washington stateThu, 23 Feb 2017 08:33:00 +0100.

(Reuters) - An 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck northwest Washington state on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was recorded 75 miles (120 km) west of Seattle, Washington at about 9 p.m. local time, accord
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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),