M 5.8 in Fiji on 10 Jun 2023 09:12 UTC
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.977 , -179.1556
Event Date: 10 Jun 2023 09:12 UTC
10 Jun 2023 21:12 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI&>=III
Source: NEIC us7000k7m3
Inserted at: 10 Jun 2023 09:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000k7m3 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1510073 0 10 Jun 2023 09:12 5.8M, 10km 7.38 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:24 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Fiji ,of Fiji (population 755,000) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1510073 -179.156/-15.977 5.8 10 7.383 10 Jun 2023 09:40 00:27 (new episode)
2 0 1510073 -179.156/-15.977 5.8 10 7.383 10 Jun 2023 09:46 00:34 (upd of #1)
3 0 1510073 -179.156/-15.977 5.8 10 7.383 10 Jun 2023 11:16 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1510073 -179.156/-15.977 5.8 10 7.383 11 Jun 2023 09:40 1d 00:27 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Fiji Fiji 4600 people
Fiji Fiji 1200 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Nambouono Fiji Village - 93 km
Nukusa Fiji Village - 105 km
Tawake Fiji Village - 109 km
Napuka Fiji Village - 115 km
Vunikura Fiji Village - 126 km
Naua Fiji Village - 131 km
Vunivatu Fiji Village - 146 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.