M 4.7 in South Of Fiji Islands on 23 Apr 2017 13:21 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 1110958
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 528.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.7031 , -179.9352
Event Date: 23 Apr 2017 13:21 UTC
23 Apr 2017 01:21 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Apr 2017 14:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008k0t Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 834 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

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TERREMOTO OGGI IN UMBRIA, NUOVA SCOSSA DI 2.6 M IN PROVINCIA DI PERUGIA (DATI INGV IN TEMPO REALE, 27 APRILE 2017) - La scossa di terremoto avvenuta poco fa in provincia di Perugia conferma il trend delle ultime 12 ore con l’Umbria tornata
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New reconstruction minister visits tsunami-hit areas in bid to mend ti ... Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:54:00 +0200.

FUKUSHIMA – The new disaster reconstruction minister on Thursday visited areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, vowing to restore confidence in the government among those dismayed by his predecessor’s gaffes. “I came here t
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South American Quake Survey Could Help Predict Future Big OnesThu, 27 Apr 2017 11:49:00 +0200.

WASHINGTON, April 27 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) -- A new survey of earthquakes in South America could help scientists predict the next big one. An international team of Japanese and South American researchers studied the dynamics of dozens of eart
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City in Miyagi loses appeal of tsunami death suit involving girl at No ... Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:04:00 +0200.

SENDAI – A high court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the city of Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture to pay ¥26.5 million ($238,000) in damages to the family of a schoolgirl killed by the March 2011 tsunami. The Sen
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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),