M 5.6 in Fiji on 19 Jun 2020 10:07 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 1222883
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 534.76 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.4549 , -178.9166
Event Date: 19 Jun 2020 10:07 UTC
19 Jun 2020 22:07 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Jun 2020 15:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000aerr Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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

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New Zealand and nearby tourist hotspots Fiji and Vanuatu have been put on alert over tsunami waves from the quake which struck north of New Zealand at 1.50pm BST. In its latest alert to national authorities, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Cent
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Un terremoto de 7,4º de sacude Nueva Zelanda y provocó una alerta de t ... Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:12:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de 7,4º de sacude Nueva Zelanda y provocó una alerta de tsunami El Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis del Pacífico advirtió que se esperan olas en Fiji, Islas Kermadec, Nueva Caledonia, Nueva Zelanda, Niue, Tonga y Vanuatu. Nueva Ze
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5.6 mag earthquake recorded in Ono-i-Lau region this afternoonWed, 10 Jun 2020 08:07:00 +0200.

The map showing the epicentre of the 5.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred in the Ono-i-Lau region this afternoon. Picture: SUPPLIED. A 5.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Ono-i-Lau region this afternoon. The seismic activity tha
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5.8 magnitude earthquake recorded in Vanua Balavu regionTue, 09 Jun 2020 04:40:00 +0200.

The map showing the epicentre of the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred in the Vanua Balavu region this morning. Picture: SUPPLIED. A 5.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Vanua Balavu region this morning. The seismic activity t
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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),