M 4.6 in Fiji on 21 Sep 2014 11:35 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 1040190
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 574.66 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.78 , -178.53
Event Date: 21 Sep 2014 11:35 UTC
21 Sep 2014 23:35 Local
Exposed Population:
About 9189 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Sep 2014 12:03 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 188 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Crean en Japón un software que imprime mapas 3D para invidentesThu, 25 Sep 2014 10:13:00 +0200.

Estos mapas podrían emplearse en cursos para invidentes centrados en emergencias y evacuación en caso de terremoto o tsunami
Sismo de 6,3 grados en Chile y ArgentinaThu, 25 Sep 2014 07:39:00 +0200.

SANTIAGO, AFP. Un sismo de 6,3 grados Richter sacudió ayer por la mañana cuatro regiones del norte de Chile, en una zona fronteriza con Argentina sin que las autoridades manifestaran la existencia de daños materiales o heridos, y descartara
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Japon: deux forts séismes secouent FukushimaThu, 25 Sep 2014 03:37:00 +0200.

Deux séismes, l'un de magnitude 5, l'autre, de 5,2, se sont produits en moins d'une heure d'intervalle mercredi soir au large de la centrale accidentée Fukushima-Daiichi qui a été secouée, mais il n'y a pas de risque de tsunami, a annoncé l
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Tsunami gibiThu, 25 Sep 2014 03:17:00 +0200.

Karadeniz Bölgesi'nde etkili olan şiddetli yağış ve fırtına, sahilde tsunamiye benzer dev dalgalar oluşmasına sebep oldu. Giresun'da 6 metreye ulaşan dalgalar sebebiyle Karadeniz Sahil Yolu bir süre ulaşıma kapandı.

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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),