M 5.7 in Fiji Islands Region on 08 Nov 2017 07:35 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 1125804
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 582.59 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.8611 , -179.4282
Event Date: 08 Nov 2017 07:35 UTC
07 Nov 2017 19:35 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Nov 2017 07:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bk9d Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 236 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Le ministre de la justice sommé de revenir sur ses déclarationsSun, 12 Nov 2017 05:10:00 +0100.

Il faut que Me KONATE sache que personne ne peut gagner contre les syndicats en ce moment où personne, personne et personne n'a confiance au gouvernement en place aujourd'hui. Donc, il faut collaborer avec ce syndicats afin que les choses s
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Scientists Warn of Quakes Stronger than 7 Magnitude in the AegeanSat, 11 Nov 2017 22:42:00 +0100.

A scientific study has warned that the five major fault lines that exist at the bottom of the Aegean Sea between and Amorgos could produce earthquakes of up to 7.3 magnitude on the Richter scale. According to the research by Greek and Eur
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Portekiz Ulusal Tsunami Uyarı Merkezi’ni açıyorSat, 11 Nov 2017 22:35:00 +0100.

Portekiz hükümeti 21 Kasım’da Ulusal Tsunami Uyarı Merkezi’ni açmaya hazırlanıyor. Merkez, 1775 yılında Lizbon kentinde büyük etki yaratmış olan deprem ve tsunami bölgesini denetleyecek ve Avrupa’nın tsunami riski taşıyan bölgelerini uyarac
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Draft law looks to improve country’s weather forecast abilitiesSat, 11 Nov 2017 19:56:00 +0100.

The government will enact a meteorological law that it says will improve weather forecast and research capabilities across the country’s weather enterprises. The draft Meteorological Act 2017, which is going to provide legal support to loca
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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),