M 4.5 in Fiji Islands Region on 21 Aug 2017 20:17 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 1119754
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 532.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.6923 , -178.5237
Event Date: 21 Aug 2017 20:17 UTC
22 Aug 2017 08:17 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Aug 2017 20:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000aact Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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More rain after devastating Donegal floodsFri, 25 Aug 2017 19:19:00 +0200.

A section of roadway in Donegal washed away by record rainfall. By Irish Echo Staff. Even by West of Ireland standards this was a deluge, variously described as “biblical” and a “tsunami” from the sky. And more rain was falling today. Taois
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Taoiseach in Donegal to assess flooding damageFri, 25 Aug 2017 18:33:00 +0200.

Updated 17.30. The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has arrived in county Donegal to see the damage caused by devastating flooding this week. Government departments met earlier and Donegal County Council has been told that whatever funding is require
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Sri Lanka takes measure to improve mental health service:Fri, 25 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0200.

Sri Lanka takes measure to improve mental health service Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 09:43 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Aug 25, Colombo: Mental health service is a very important field in Sri Lanka and resolving mental disorders is
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Sri Lanka takes measure to improve mental health serviceFri, 25 Aug 2017 18:21:00 +0200.

Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 09:43 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Aug 25, Colombo: Mental health service is a very important field in Sri Lanka and resolving mental disorders is a priority for a nation emerging from a 30-year long war
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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),