M 5.2 in Fiji on 28 Jul 2013 20:16 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 1000743
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 67.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.8514 , 174.2953
Event Date: 28 Jul 2013 20:16 UTC
29 Jul 2013 08:16 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2013 20:32 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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Latest media headlines

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),