M 7.8 in Fiji on 06 Sep 2018 15:49 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 1155963
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.8M
Depth: 608.59 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.4935 , 179.3315
Event Date: 06 Sep 2018 15:49 UTC
07 Sep 2018 03:49 Local
Exposed Population: 100000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Sep 2018 16:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.4 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us2000h9e2 Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.8      
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 298 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Islas SalomónSun, 09 Sep 2018 23:03:00 +0200.

El USGS situó el hipocentro a 53 kilómetros de profundidad bajo el lecho marino, a 128 kilómetros al suroeste de Chirovanga, y a 523 al sudeste de Honiara. Un nuevo terremoto de 6,9 grados de magnitud se ha producido en las Islas Salomón,
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5.6 magnitude earthquake recorded in Ono-i-LauSun, 09 Sep 2018 10:57:00 +0200.

An earthquake occurred midday today at 12:06:25 PM, local time, 492 km SSW from Doi village, Ono-I-Lau. Picture: SUPPLIED. ANOTHER earthquake with a 5.6 magnitude was just recorded 429km South-southwest from Doi Village in Ono-I-Lau at 12.
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5.5 magnitude earthquake recorded in Tonga regionSun, 09 Sep 2018 06:49:00 +0200.

An earthquake occurred this morning at 10:27:26 AM local time, 391 km S from Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Picture: SUPPLIED. A MODERATE 5.5 magnitude earthquake with shallow depth source location occurred in the Nuku’alofa region in Tonga at 10.26am
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Sismos en cadena dentro del Anillo de Fuego activan alertasSat, 08 Sep 2018 00:41:00 +0200.

Las alertas se activaron por las ondas de choque sísmicas que se enviaron a través de cuatro países en la región del Anillo de Fuego, debido a que tres sismos sacudieron la región de América del Sur en menos de una hora. Las alertas se acti
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),