M 5.1 in Fiji on 07 Dec 2017 23:01 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 1128223
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.5628 , 176.026
Event Date: 07 Dec 2017 23:01 UTC
08 Dec 2017 11:01 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Dec 2017 23:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000c1w0 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 123 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Strong 6.6 earthquake strikes Micronesia A strong 6.6 magnitude earthq ... Fri, 08 Dec 2017 02:12:00 +0100.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck has east-northeast of Yap in Micronesia. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat from the quake which hit on Friday. The quake, initially measured with a magnitu
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مركز التحذير من تسونامي: زلزال قوي في المحيط الهاديFri, 08 Dec 2017 02:10:00 +0100.

. أبو ظبي - سكاي نيوز عربية ذكر مركز التحذير من أمواج المد العاتية (تسونامي) في المحيط الهادي أن زلزالا قويا بلغت شدته 6.6 درجة وقع إلى الشرق والشمال الشرقي من جزيرة ياب في ميكرونيزيا بالمحيط الهادي اليوم الجمعة لكن لا يوجد تهديد بحدوث أمو
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Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes MicronesiaFri, 08 Dec 2017 02:07:00 +0100.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck east-northeast of Yap in Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said, but there was no tsunami threat, Reuters reports. The quake, initially me
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Moderate earthquake at southern SumateraFri, 08 Dec 2017 01:58:00 +0100.

A statement from the department said the quake epicentre was 776km southwest of Pontian, Johor. — AFP pic KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 — A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck southern Sumatera at 11.16pm yesterday, according to the Ma
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),