M 4.8 in South Of Fiji Islands on 05 Jan 2017 23:23 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 1102614
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -19.0617 , 176.2876
Event Date: 05 Jan 2017 23:23 UTC
06 Jan 2017 11:23 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Jan 2017 00:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007ri8 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 682 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

Storm floods vineyards, forces evacuations in Calif., NevadaMon, 09 Jan 2017 23:06:00 +0100.

Northern California's Russian River rose to its highest level since 2006, and schools and roads were closed across the winemaking region of Sonoma County, where thousands of people were without power. Avalanche concerns kept some California
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Earthquake Rattles Northern OklahomaMon, 09 Jan 2017 22:41:00 +0100.

MEDFORD, Oklahoma - An earthquake rattled Monday afternoon in northern Oklahoma, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake happened at 2:40 p.m. Monday. Its epicenter was about eight miles south, southeast of Medford
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Palm Beach County set to approve $3.4M in Hurricane Matthew disaster a ... Mon, 09 Jan 2017 22:24:00 +0100.

is set to collect $3.4 million in disaster relief funds for costs associated with Hurricane Matthew. Commissioners are expected to finalize the agreement Tuesday. Although Matthew spared South Florida serious damage, Palm Beach County offic
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Heavy rain forecast sparks new flood warningMon, 09 Jan 2017 22:11:00 +0100.

Thailand is bracing itself for more flash floods today, with torrential rain forecast to hit two provinces, as the authorities struggled to reinstate road and rail networks in the south which has been inundated by water over the past week.
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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),