M 4.5 in South Of Fiji Islands on 16 Aug 2017 15:35 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 1119443
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 595.16 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.2012 , -179.574
Event Date: 16 Aug 2017 15:35 UTC
16 Aug 2017 03:35 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Aug 2017 21:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000a8sp Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 519 | About casualties: 31 | Last hour: 0

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Científicos japoneses ha desarrollado una manera de hacer y vender un tipo de helado que no se derrite , aprovechando un descubrimiento hecho accidentalmente por un chef. La mayoría de los helados comienzan a derretirse momentos después de
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Migrants with no status in the U.S. battle anxiety as they await Trump ... Sun, 20 Aug 2017 11:22:00 +0200.

In the U.S. immigration debate, it's called "twilight status," and for many who hold it, the light is flickering and fading. Unlike Canada or Mexico, which both routinely deport almost anyone without a valid visa, the U.S. government allows
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Tsunami wstrząsnęło kieszeniamiSun, 20 Aug 2017 10:39:00 +0200.

Zdecydowanie przyczyną wzrostu była konsumpcja prywatna, czyli to, co my wydajemy - uważa analityk finansowy Piotr Kuczyński. - Taka fala, ja tu mówię wręcz o tsunami pieniądza, poszła do kieszeni konsumenta i spowodowała wzrost gospodarczy
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El macrismo se ilusiona con un tsunami de votantesSun, 20 Aug 2017 08:36:00 +0200.

A ello, los ingenieros electorales de Cambiemos añaden la fuerza del precedente de 2015, cuando se registró un auténtico tsunami que nadie vio venir: la mayoría de los 717.550 electores más que fueron a sufragar aquel 25 de octubre optó por
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),