M 8.2 in Fiji on 19 Aug 2018 00:19 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 1154222
Earthquake Magnitude: 8.2M
Depth: 559.56 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.1645 , -178.144
Event Date: 19 Aug 2018 00:19 UTC
19 Aug 2018 12:19 Local
Exposed Population: About 2000 people in MMI
About 2000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Aug 2018 00:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.1 0.1
us1000gcii Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.15m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  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

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Strong, deep undersea quake shakes Fiji; no damage expected 8/20/2018 9:39:00 AM.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A deep, undersea earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 has struck Fiji and small tsunami waves have been observed but no damage reported. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at a depth of 56
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Magnitude 8.2 quake strikes in the Pacific, no damage expected: USGS 8/20/2018 5:55:00 AM.

A massive quake of magnitude 8.2 struck in the Pacific Ocean close to Fiji and Tonga on Sunday but it was very deep and did not trigger a tsunami, the US Geological Survey and US Tsunami Warning Center said. The quake was 347.7 miles (559.5
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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 (89), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),