Overall Green Earthquake in South Of Fiji Islands on 16 Nov 2016 20:26 UTC

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M 5.5 in South Of Fiji Islands on 16 Nov 2016 20:26 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 1098589
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.5M
Depth:	305.08 Km
Lat/Lon:	-22.1305 , -177.6209
Event Date:	16 Nov 2016 20:26 UTC 16 Nov 2016 08:26 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	16 Nov 2016 20:47 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us100078zy	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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