Overall Green Earthquake in Fiji on 23 Nov 2024 19:04 UTC

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M 5.9 in Fiji on 23 Nov 2024 19:04 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 1454551
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.9M
Depth:	592 Km
Lat/Lon:	-17.8999 , -178.4392
Event Date:	23 Nov 2024 19:04 UTC 24 Nov 2024 07:04 Local
Exposed Population:	6 thousand in MMI II
Inserted at:	23 Nov 2024 19:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Fiji)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000p7aq	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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