M 6.7 in Fiji on 18 Nov 2018 20:25 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 1162670
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.7M
Depth: 533.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.8972 , -178.9
Event Date: 18 Nov 2018 20:25 UTC
19 Nov 2018 09:25 Local
Exposed Population: About 6000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Nov 2018 20:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us1000htm5 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 1      
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 38 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

OCHA Annual Report 2015Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:08:00 +0100.

1OCHA UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS ANNUAL REPORT 2015 CHA UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS ANNUAL REPORT 2015 unocha.org reliefweb.int Twitter @unocha and @UnReliefChie
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Se registra sismo de magnitud 6,9 cerca de FiyiMon, 19 Nov 2018 12:27:00 +0100.

19/11/2018 05:07 / Ciudad de México Este domingo se ha registrado un potente terremoto de magnitud 6,9 cerca de las islas Fiyi, informa el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El epicentro del sismo se ha localizad
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6.5 magnitude offshore earthquake hits Lakeba, poses no threatMon, 19 Nov 2018 11:42:00 +0100.

A 6.5 magnitude offshore earthquake occurred north north-west (38 km) Tubou, Lakeba in the Lau Group today, however posed no threat to the Fiji region. According to the Seismology Unit of Fiji’s Mineral Resources Department, the strong eart
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Strong undersea quake off Fiji, but no tsunamiMon, 19 Nov 2018 05:41:00 +0100.

SUVA - A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fiji on Monday (Nov 19), the United States Geological Survey said, but it was too deep to cause any damage. It was centred 534km deep and 283km east of the capital Suva, where reside
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),