M 5.2 in Fiji on 17 Jun 2018 13:39 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 1146348
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 569.53 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.2024 , -179.3808
Event Date: 17 Jun 2018 13:39 UTC
17 Jun 2018 01:39 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Jun 2018 13:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000etvk Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 5 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Substandard structural steel imported in Fiji: EngineerMon, 18 Jun 2018 04:59:00 +0200.

An eminent local civil engineer has raised his concern on the importation of substandard structural steel used for the construction of buildings in Fiji. Picture: FT FILE. AN eminent local civil engineer has raised his concern on the impor
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FIJI MINE TOWN FEARS THE BIG EARTHQUAKEMon, 11 Jun 2018 10:52:00 +0200.

By Charles Chamber. VATUKOULA, Fiji Islands (December 10, 1999 – Fiji Times)---Residents of Vatukoula are making no bones about it. They are dead scared of the recent tremors that have shaken the mining community. What most fear, even thoug
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World: SPC staff support victims of natural disasters in the PacificFri, 08 Jun 2018 09:02:00 +0200.

On Friday morning, Colin Tukuitonga, Director-general of the Pacific Community (SPC), handed 705,840 Pacific Francs, collected from all SPC staff in New Caledonia and Fiji, over to the French Red Cross. The funds will contribute to the reco
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Sri Lanka: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot ... Mon, 28 May 2018 10:39:00 +0200.

SRI LANKA. Early monsoon rains and landslides have affected over 43,600 families and killed 23 people. The worst affected provinces are Southern, Western, North-Western and Sabaragamuwa. Rains are expected to temporarily reduce and ease flo
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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),