M 5.9 in Fiji Islands Region on 24 Feb 2017 23:46 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 1106378
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 558.81 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.9751 , -178.4992
Event Date: 24 Feb 2017 23:46 UTC
25 Feb 2017 11:46 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Feb 2017 00:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008man Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 325 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

House passes bill to enforce school safety drillsTue, 28 Feb 2017 22:40:00 +0100.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The House has unanimously passed a bill that forces school districts across the state to conduct at least one safety drill per month related to shelter-in-place, lockdown or evacuation drills. Current law doesn't forme
...(more)
Canadian advisor now with U.S. Department of Homeland Security science ... Tue, 28 Feb 2017 22:35:00 +0100.

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate in the U.S. has its first Canadian exchange officer as part of a partnership with Defence Research and Development Canada’s Centre for Security Science (DRDC CSS). The e
...(more)
زلزال بقوة 5.6 درجات يضرب شمال شرق اليابانTue, 28 Feb 2017 22:28:00 +0100.

هزة أرضية بلغت قوتها خمسة فاصلة ست درجات على مقياس ريختر ضربت صباح الثلاثاء قبالة سواحل فوكوشيما شمال شرق اليابان. الهزة سجلت على عمق خمسين كيلومترا عند التقاء خط العرض 37.5 حسب ما أعلنته هيئة الأرصاد الجوية اليابانية. شابة من سكان المنطقة:
...(more)
Giappone: terremoto di magnitudo 5.6 nella zona della centrale di Fuku ... Tue, 28 Feb 2017 22:21:00 +0100.

Un terremoto di magnitudo 5.6 si è verificato nel nord-est del Giappone, non lontano dalla centrale di Fukushima. La scossa è stata avvertita anche a Tokyo. Nella capitale gli edifici hanno oscillato, il sisma è durato più di 30 secondi sec
...(more)

View more news

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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),