M 5.2 in Fiji on 17 Nov 2018 16:43 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 1162571
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.6658 , -179.9727
Event Date: 17 Nov 2018 16:43 UTC
18 Nov 2018 05:43 Local
Exposed Population:
About 20000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2018 17:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.4 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000ht8c Scaled population (vector) 3.58  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.8  
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Latest media headlines

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Strong undersea quake off Fiji, but no tsunamiMon, 19 Nov 2018 05:41:00 +0100.

SUVA - A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fiji on Monday (Nov 19), the United States Geological Survey said, but it was too deep to cause any damage. It was centred 534km deep and 283km east of the capital Suva, where reside
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Strong undersea quake off Fiji, but no tsunamiMon, 19 Nov 2018 05:19:00 +0100.

SUVA, Fiji, Nov 19, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fiji Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, but it was too deep to cause any damage. It was centred 534 kilometres (331 miles) deep and 283 k
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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),