Overall Green Earthquake in Fiji Islands Region on 20 Sep 2014 07:15 UTC

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M 4.9 in Fiji Islands Region on 20 Sep 2014 07:15 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 1040135
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	544.76 Km
Lat/Lon:	-17.61 , -178.75
Event Date:	20 Sep 2014 07:15 UTC 20 Sep 2014 19:15 Local
Exposed Population:	About 9126 people within 100km
Inserted at:	20 Sep 2014 07:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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