M 5.2 in Fiji on 27 May 2018 06:16 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 1144265
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.7996 , 173.3289
Event Date: 27 May 2018 06:16 UTC
27 May 2018 18:16 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 May 2018 06:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000ecwl Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 4 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

FIJI RECORDS 6.7 DEEP SEA QUAKETue, 22 May 2018 11:41:00 +0200.

SUVA, Fiji (Fijilive, Feb. 28) - A powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit 100 kilometers south of Kadavu, Fiji yesterday. The Fiji Seismology Department reports that the deep-sea quake occurred at a depth of 49 kilometer
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Japan looks to team up with island nations on Indo-Pacific strategyWed, 09 May 2018 05:23:00 +0200.

At an upcoming summit meeting, Japan will take steps to beef up collaboration with Pacific island nations in an effort to promote the free and open Indo-Pacific strategy advocated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. At the eighth Pacific Islands
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Japan looks to team up with island nations on Indo-Pacific strategySun, 06 May 2018 13:27:00 +0200.

At an upcoming summit meeting, Japan will take steps to beef up collaboration with Pacific island nations in an effort to promote the free and open Indo-Pacific strategy advocated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. At the eighth Pacific Islands
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West PapuaFri, 27 Apr 2018 04:57:00 +0200.

A programme called 'Bright Indonesia' has been launched by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to increase the electrification rate in the country's eastern provinces. A former West Papuan journalist has recently finished a novel
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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),