M 5.3 in Fiji on 16 Sep 2018 13:10 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 1156795
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 545.41 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.0835 , -177.9552
Event Date: 16 Sep 2018 13:10 UTC
16 Sep 2018 01:10 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Sep 2018 14:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000hfgl Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 266 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Pacific Islands Not Prepared For A TsunamiWed, 19 Sep 2018 05:26:00 +0200.

Tsunami are rare, so region doesn’t know what to expect. By Vuniwaqa Bola-Bari. SUVA, Fiji (Fiji Times, July 17, 2015) – The Pacific is not ready for tsunami, says Pacific Tsunami and Working Group for South West Pacific chairman Ofa Fa'anu
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Lau earthquake no threat to FijiMon, 17 Sep 2018 05:04:00 +0200.

The map showing the epicentre of the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred in the Fiji region this morning. Picture: SUPPLIED. A 6.4 MAGNITUDE earthquake was recorded this morning in Ono-i-Lau, but did not pose any immediate threat to the
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6.2 magnitude earthquake rattles Fiji IslandsMon, 17 Sep 2018 04:51:00 +0200.

A high-intensity earthquake measuring 6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale struck at a depth of 562 kilometres. There were no reports of casualties and damages so far. On August 19, a massive earthquake measuring 8.2 magnitude on the Richte
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17 September 2018- Gempa Bumi Kuat di Kepulauan Fiji pada 17 September ... Mon, 17 Sep 2018 04:13:00 +0200.

JMM/POCGN(O)/BK-23A Ruj. Kami: JMM.APL15/756/22/07 Jld.14(44) SIARAN MEDIA Gempa Bumi Kuat di Selatan Kepulauan Fiji Gempa bumi kuat bermagnitud 6.2 pada skala Richter telah berlaku di Selatan Kepulauan Fiji pada pukul 5:11 pagi, 17 Septemb
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),