Overall Green Earthquake in Fiji Islands Region from 02 Feb 2006 12:47 UTC to 12:47

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M 7 in Fiji Islands Region from 02 Feb 2006 12:47 UTC to 12:47

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	EQ 16218
Earthquake Magnitude:	7.0M
Depth:	33 Km
Lat/Lon:	-18.16 , -176.19
Event Date:	02 Feb 2006 12:47 UTC 02 Feb 2006 00:47 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	02 Feb 2017 12:19 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0.08m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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