M 5.7 in Fiji on 29 Aug 2018 01:24 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 1155199
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.3888 , 178.03
Event Date: 29 Aug 2018 01:24 UTC
29 Aug 2018 13:24 Local
Exposed Population: About 20000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Aug 2018 01:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.4 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000gj9f Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.8  
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Latest media headlines

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Un terremoto de magnitud 7,1 en la escala Richter sacudió este miércoles las aguas del Pacífico Sur, y se ha emitido una alerta de tsunami en tres islas: Nueva Caledonia, Fiji y Vanuatu. El epicentro del seísmo se ha localizado a 10 kilómet
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Emiten alerta de tsunami en islas del Pacífico tras terremoto 7.1 grad ... Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:18:00 +0200.

NUEVA ZELANDA.- El archipiélago francés de Nueva Caledonia, Vanuatu y las islas Fiyi podrían ser azotadas por un tsunami con olas de hasta un metro tras un fuerte sismo registrado en el , advirtieron los sismólogos. Un sismo de magnitud 7
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Tsunami warning for three Pacific islands after quakeThu, 30 Aug 2018 05:16:00 +0200.

A tsunami warning was issued for New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu Wednesday after a strong earthquake in the Pacific Ocean, although seismologists said there were no immediate reports of damage. After the 7.1 magnitude quake struck off the e
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El archipiélago francés de Nueva Caledonia, Vanuatu y las islas Fiyi registraron un fuerte sismo la madrugada de este miércoles (hora de Chile), el que generó una alerta de tsunami para el Pacífico Sur con posibles olas de hasta un metro. E
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),